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Joshua 9:13 Explained in Context
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Verse 13. 13And these bottles of wine, which we filled, were new; and, behold, they be rent: and these our garments and our shoes are become old by reason of the very long journey.
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Quick Meaning
Joshua 9:13 contributes this concrete line to the movement: “And these bottles of wine, which we filled, were new; and, behold, they be rent: and these our…”.
Read It With
- Joshua 9:3–15
Read Joshua 9:13 with 9:3–15. Joshua 9:13 advances “The Gibeonites Secure a Treaty by Deception” with the textual step “And these bottles of wine, which we filled, were new; and, behold, they be rent: and these our…”. The complete unit establishes this movement: Gibeon's people use worn provisions and distant-country claims, rehearse Israel's victories, and obtain peace and a life-protecting covenant after Israel samples the evidence but does not seek the LORD's direction.
Why This Verse Appears Here
Joshua 9:1-2 ends with this movement: The short notice contrasts with Gibeon's different response. Joshua 9:3-15 begins with this next step: Gibeon responds to Jericho and Ai with a survival strategy. It reaches this outcome: Joshua makes peace and leaders swear an oath without divine consultation. This movement materially develops the book's concern with survival under threat, deceptive evidence, treaty formation, consultation, and coercive context. At Joshua 9:13, this verse contributes the following distinct step: Joshua 9:13 advances “The Gibeonites Secure a Treaty by Deception” with the textual step “And these bottles of wine, which we filled, were new; and, behold, they be rent: and these our…”.
What Remains True
Joshua 9:13 contributes this bounded enduring truth: Ambiguous actions and survival strategies require inquiry, evidence, kept commitments, and restraint before irreversible judgment.
How It Can Shape Life
- Joshua 9:13 calls readers to this response: Pause escalation, hear the people whose intent is disputed, keep life-protecting commitments, and correct an initial judgment when better evidence appears. In Joshua 9:3-15, this response specifically addresses survival under threat, deceptive evidence, treaty formation, consultation, and coercive context.
Continue in Context
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Read Joshua 9:3-15 — The Gibeonites Secure a Treaty by DeceptionSources used for this Verse Lens
How certain is this explanation? probable
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society
USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact reader-facing KJV wording, paragraph markers, supplied-word markup, and complete verse coverage.
Exact location: Joshua 9:3-15, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: Joshua
Open Scriptures
Open Scriptures, release 2.2
Supports: Masoretic Hebrew wording, morphology, clauses, names, repeated roots, boundary formulas, covenant terms, and the base text behind translation discussion.
Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v.2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/Josh.xml, 9:3–15
Open source ↗translation and translator notes
NET Bible: Joshua with translators' notes
Biblical Studies Press
Biblical Studies Press, 2006
Supports: Verse-level Hebrew, textual, translation, list, number, geographical, historical, and cross-reference notes.
Exact location: NET Bible Joshua PDF, printed pp. 431-432, translation and translator notes on 9:3–15
Open source ↗scholarly commentary article
Joshua
Richard D. Nelson
Oxford University Press, in The Oxford Bible Commentary, edited by John Barton and John Muddiman, 2001
Supports: Whole-book movement, literary boundaries, composition, history and archaeology limits, geography, theology, and material interpretive alternatives.
Exact location: Nelson, 'Joshua,' Oxford Bible Commentary, printed pp. 166, discussion of 9:3–15
Open source ↗