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Joshua 9:2-4
International Children’s Bible
Joshua 9:2-4
International Children’s Bible
2 All these kings gathered to fight Joshua and the Israelites.
3 The people of Gibeon heard how Joshua had defeated Jericho and Ai. 4 So they decided to trick the Israelites. They gathered old leather wine bags that were cracked and mended. They put them on the backs of their donkeys. They also put old sacks on their donkeys.
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Joshua 9:2-4
New International Version
Joshua 9:2-4
New International Version
2 they came together to wage war against Joshua and Israel.
3 However, when the people of Gibeon(A) heard what Joshua had done to Jericho and Ai,(B) 4 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.
Footnotes
- Joshua 9:4 Most Hebrew manuscripts; some Hebrew manuscripts, Vulgate and Syriac (see also Septuagint) They prepared provisions and loaded their donkeys
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