Fighting For The Good Land

Lesson Six

Israel Made A Covenant With The Gibeonites

(Doing Something By Themselves Without God)

MEMORY VERSE: Proverbs 3:5 Trust in Jehovah with all your heart, and do not rely on your own understanding.
BONUS VERSE: Proverbs 3:6 In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight.
  1. The Gjbeonites heard what Joshua had done to Jericho and to Al and planned to deceive Israel, Joshua 9:1-27.
    1. They pretended to be ambassadors and took old sacks on their donkeys, old wineskins, old sandals, old clothes, plus their bread which was dry and moldy, Joshua 9:4-5.
    2. The Gibeonites went to Gilgal where Joshua and his men were camped and asked to make a peace covenant with Israel, saying that they caine from a land far away, Joshua 9:6-13
    3. Joshua and his men made peace with the Gibeonites to let them live, but they did not ask for the counsel of Jehovah God, Joshua 9:14-19.
      1. Joshua made a covenant of peace to let the Gibeonites live
      2. Three days after the covenant, they arrived at the cities of Gibeon and Chephirah, Beeroth, and Kiriath Jearim
      3. Israelites found out that the Gibeonites had deceived them, and they wanted to kill them but because of the covenant they could not touch them
    4. Joshua called the Gibeonites and asked them to explain why they did this, Joshua 9:21-27
      1. They said, "We were very afraid for our lives and did this thing, and now we are in your hands to do whatever seems appropriate."
      2. Joshua did not slay them, but made the Gibeonites woodcutters and drawers of water for the assembly and the altar of Jehovah

APPLICATION:

  1. Doing something by themselves without God's wisdom created many problems for Israel
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  2. Today if we choose God's wisdom and do not rely on our own understanding, we will not be deceived by others.