Joshua 9:22

¶ And Joshua called for them, and he spake unto them, saying, Wherefore have ye beguiled us, saying, We [are] very far from you; when ye dwell among us?

And Joshua {H3091} called {H7121} for them, and he spake {H1696} unto them, saying {H559}, Wherefore have ye beguiled {H7411} us, saying {H559}, We are very {H3966} far {H7350} from you; when ye dwell {H3427} among {H7130} us?

Y'hoshua summoned them and said this to them: "Why have you deceived us by saying, 'We come from a place very far away,' when in fact you are living right here with us?

Then Joshua summoned the Gibeonites and said, “Why did you deceive us by telling us you live far away from us, when in fact you live among us?

And Joshua called for them, and he spake unto them, saying, Wherefore have ye beguiled us, saying, We are very far from you; when ye dwell among us?

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Cross-References

  • Joshua 9:6 (4 votes)

    And they went to Joshua unto the camp at Gilgal, and said unto him, and to the men of Israel, We be come from a far country: now therefore make ye a league with us.

  • Joshua 9:16 (3 votes)

    And it came to pass at the end of three days after they had made a league with them, that they heard that they [were] their neighbours, and [that] they dwelt among them.

  • Genesis 27:35 (2 votes)

    And he said, Thy brother came with subtilty, and hath taken away thy blessing.

  • Genesis 27:36 (2 votes)

    And he said, Is not he rightly named Jacob? for he hath supplanted me these two times: he took away my birthright; and, behold, now he hath taken away my blessing. And he said, Hast thou not reserved a blessing for me?

  • Genesis 3:13 (2 votes)

    And the LORD God said unto the woman, What [is] this [that] thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.

  • Genesis 3:14 (2 votes)

    ¶ And the LORD God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou [art] cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life:

  • Joshua 9:9 (2 votes)

    And they said unto him, From a very far country thy servants are come because of the name of the LORD thy God: for we have heard the fame of him, and all that he did in Egypt,