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In yesterday’s post, I concluded that in the ancient Middle East, vows were considered so serious that even a vow made under deception was still considered valid and at the end of the day was honored. This brings me to a very interesting topic on the difference between how the Oriental mind and the Western […]

“The people of Israel did not attack them, because the leading officials of the community had sworn to them by Adonai, the God of Israel; but all the community grumbled against the leaders.”-Joshua 9:18 As I mentioned yesterday, Israel’s current situation is the perfect example of what happens when we neglect to seek out the […]

“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 […]