Joshua 9:16 meaning and explanation
Three days after they had made the treaty with the Gibeonites, the Israelites learned that they were neighbors, living among them.
Joshua 9:16, Berean Standard Bible
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The Gibeonites had just tricked Joshua and Israel's leaders into a peace treaty by posing as travelers from a distant country, and verse 16 records the moment the truth came out. Three days after the oath was sworn, the Israelites learned that these supposed strangers were actually neighbors living among them.
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