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Joshua 9:11

in Joshua 9

So the elders and inhabitants of our land told us, ‘Take provisions for your journey; go to meet them and say to them: We are your servants. Please make a treaty with us.’

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And our elders and all the inhabitants of our country spake to us, saying, Take provision in your hand for the journey, and go to meet them, and say unto them, We are your servants: and now make ye a covenant with us.

KJV

Wherefore our elders and all the inhabitants of our country spake to us, saying, Take victuals with you for the journey, and go to meet them, and say unto them, We are your servants: therefore now make ye a league with us.

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This verse in Joshua 9

Commentary

2 notes on this verse

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

Wherefore our elders, etc. - All this, and what follows to the end of Jos 9:13, was false, contrived merely for the purpose of deceiving the Israelites, and this they did to save their own lives; as they expected all the inhabitants of Canaan to be put to the sword.

This site's exposition

Wherefore our elders and all

on Joshua 9:11-13

The elders and the whole country are invoked and the country is never named, which is the first thing a real embassy would state. The bread, the wine skins, the garments and the shoes are each produced in turn as proof, so the props carry the argument and the men only point at them. Nothing in the speech can be tested without asking somebody outside the room.

The words behind it

21 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • וַיֹּאמְר֣וּand they said

    vaiyomeruH559 →5305 times

  • אֵלֵ֡ינוּto us

    ʾeleinuH413 →5510 times

  • זְֽקֵינֵינוּ֩elders our

    zekeineinuH2205 →178 times

  • וְכָל־and all

    vekholH3605 →5413 times

  • יֹשְׁבֵ֨י[the] inhabitants of

    yosheveiH3427 →1079 times

  • אַרְצֵ֜נוּland our

    ʾartzenuH776 →2504 times

  • לֵאמֹ֗ר<to> saying

    lemorH559 →5305 times

  • קְח֨וּtake

    kechuH3947 →966 times

  • בְיֶדְכֶ֤םin hand your

    veyedkhemH3027 →1618 times

  • צֵידָה֙provision[s]

    tzeidahH6720 →

  • לַדֶּ֔רֶךְfor the journey

    laderekhH1870 →707 times

  • וּלְכ֖וּand go

    ulekhuH1980 →1546 times

  • לִקְרָאתָ֑םto meet them

    likratamH7122 →139 times

  • וַאֲמַרְתֶּ֤םand you will say

    vaamartemH559 →5305 times

  • אֲלֵיהֶם֙to them

    ʾaleihemH413 →5510 times

  • עַבְדֵיכֶ֣ם[are] servants your

    ʾavdeikhemH5650 →799 times

  • אֲנַ֔חְנוּwe

    ʾanachnuH587 →120 times

  • וְעַתָּ֖הand therefore

    veatahH6258 →433 times

  • כִּרְתוּ־make

    kirtu-H3772 →288 times

  • לָ֥נוּto <the> us

    lanu

  • בְרִֽית׃a covenant

    veritH1285 →284 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

7 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Joshua 9:8“We are your servants,” they said to Joshua. Then Joshua asked them, “Who are you and where have you come from?”4 worksEsther 8:17In every province and every city, wherever the king’s edict and decree reached, there was joy and gladness among the Jews, with feasting and celebrating. And many of the people of the land themselves became Jews, because the fear of the Jews had fallen upon them.4 works2 Kings 10:5So the palace administrator, the overseer of the city, the elders, and the guardians sent a message to Jehu: “We are your servants, and we will do whatever you say. We will not make anyone king. Do whatever is good in your sight.”4 worksMatthew 10:9–10Do not carry any gold or silver or copper in your belts.2 worksJoshua 1:11“Go through the camp and tell the people, ‘Prepare your provisions, for within three days you will cross the Jordan to go in and take possession of the land that the LORD your God is giving you to possess.’”2 worksGenesis 43:12Take double the silver with you so that you may return the silver that was put back into the mouths of your sacks. Perhaps it was a mistake.2 works
The other 1 cross-references, with their words ▾
Luke 9:3“Take nothing for the journey,” He told them, “no staff, no bag, no bread, no money, no second tunic.2 works

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Joshua 1:11

    “Go through the camp and tell the people, ‘Prepare your provisions, for within three days you will cross the Jordan to go in and take possession of the land that the LORD your God…

    it leads to

    • Deuteronomy 9:1

      Hear, O Israel: Today you are about to cross the Jordan to go in and dispossess nations greater and stronger than you, with large cities fortified to the heavens.

    • 2 Kings 20:5

      “Go back and tell Hezekiah the leader of My people that this is what the LORD, the God of your father David, says: ‘I have heard your prayer; I have seen your tears. I…

    • Hosea 6:2

      After two days He will revive us; on the third day He will raise us up, that we may live in His presence.

    • Joshua 3:2

      After three days the officers went through the camp

  • Through

    Esther 8:17

    In every province and every city, wherever the king’s edict and decree reached, there was joy and gladness among the Jews, with feasting and celebrating. And many of the people of the land themselves…

    it leads to

    • Deuteronomy 11:25

      No man will be able to stand against you; the LORD your God will put the fear and dread of you upon all the land, wherever you set foot, as He has promised you.

    • Esther 9:19

      This is why the rural Jews, who live in the villages, observe the fourteenth day of the month of Adar as a day of joy and feasting. It is a holiday for sending gifts…

    • 1 Samuel 25:8

      Ask your young men, and they will tell you. So let my young men find favor with you, for we have come on the day of a feast. Please give whatever you can afford…

  • Through

    Genesis 43:12

    Take double the silver with you so that you may return the silver that was put back into the mouths of your sacks. Perhaps it was a mistake.

    it leads to

    • Genesis 42:25

      Then Joseph gave orders to fill their bags with grain, to return each man’s silver to his sack, and to give them provisions for their journey. This order was carried out,

About Joshua

The Walls of Jericho Fall Down, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
The Walls of Jericho Fall Down, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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