“But three days later, after they had made the covenant with them, they heard that they were their neighbors, that they lived there with them.  The people of Israel traveled and arrived at their cities on the third day. Their cities were Giv‘on, K’firah, Be’erot and Kiryat-Ye‘arim.”-Joshua 9:16-17 The proper term for the type of […]

“The men sampled some of their food but didn’t seek the advice of Adonai, so Y’hoshua made peace with them and made a covenant with them to spare their lives, and the leading officials of the community swore to them.”-Joshua 9:14-15 Verse 14 tells us that once the soldiers of Israel sampled the spoiled food […]

What did the Gibeonites do to fool the Israelites into thinking they had actually traveled from a far-off land? It’s interesting to observe their deception because I think we’ll see a lot of them in us. The first thing they did was alter their appearance. They changed into worn-out clothing and prepared old food and […]

“But when the inhabitants of Giv‘ah heard what Y’hoshua had done to Yericho and ‘Ai, they developed a clever deception: they made themselves look as if they had been on a long journey by putting old sacks on their donkeys and taking used wineskins that had burst and been mended back together.”-Joshua 9:3-4 You know, […]

Today let’s have a quick look at the 6-nation states God had called Israel to either destroy or expel from the Land of Canaan forever. They are as follows… The Canaanites: The grandson of Noah who was cursed because of the sin of his father Ham who strolled into Noah’s tent when he was naked […]