Joshua 9:6

New International Reader's Version

They went to Joshua in the camp at Gilgal. They spoke to him and the Israelites. They said, “We’ve come from a country that’s far away. Make a peace treaty with us.”

Cross References

1 Kings 8:41

“Suppose there are outsiders who don’t belong to your people Israel. And they have come from a land far away. They’ve come because they’ve heard about your name.

2 Kings 20:14

Then Isaiah the prophet went to King Hezekiah. He asked him, “What did those men say? Where did they come from?” “They came from a land far away,” Hezekiah said. “They came from Babylon.”

Joshua 10:43

Then Joshua returned to the camp at Gilgal. Israel’s whole army went with him.

Joshua 10:6

Joshua was in the camp at Gilgal. The people of Gibeon sent a message to him there. They said, “Don’t desert us. We serve you. Come up to us quickly! Save us! Help us! All the Amorite kings from the central hill country have gathered their armies together to fight against us.”

Joshua 4:19

On the tenth day of the first month the people went up out of the Jordan River. They camped at Gilgal on the eastern border of Jericho.

Joshua 5:10

The Israelites celebrated the Passover Feast. They observed it on the evening of the 14th day of the month. They did it while they were camped at Gilgal on the plains around Jericho.

Joshua 9:5

They put worn-out sandals on their feet. The sandals had been patched. They also wore old clothes. All the bread they took along was dry and moldy.

Joshua 9:9

They answered, “We’ve come from a country that’s very far away. We’ve come because the Lord your God is famous. We’ve heard reports about him. We’ve heard about everything he did in Egypt.