就聯合起來對抗約書亞和以色列人。 基遍的居民聽說約書亞在耶利哥和艾城所做的事, 便想出一個詭計來。他們裝作特使,把舊皮袋和縫補過的酒囊馱在驢背上,

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they came together to wage war against Joshua and Israel.

However, when the people of Gibeon(A) heard what Joshua had done to Jericho and Ai,(B) they resorted to a ruse: They went as a delegation whose donkeys were loaded[a] with worn-out sacks and old wineskins, cracked and mended.

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Footnotes

  1. Joshua 9:4 Most Hebrew manuscripts; some Hebrew manuscripts, Vulgate and Syriac (see also Septuagint) They prepared provisions and loaded their donkeys