Joshua 9-12

Book: Joshua

Aug 28

Israel had been instructed to consult YHWH when any judgment was too hard for them. Yet Israel, having a decision to make regarding the question of whether the Gibeonites were living in their land, decided to go by sight. Gibeon deceived Israel into making a covenant with them. Something God had specifically ruled out. The evil occupants of the land of Canaan were to be purged totally, else Israel would have to settle to live with these polluted people. Yet they did not seek God's word on the matter, as they had not done in the Ai campaign, and now they again settled for less.