Joshua 9

Joshua 9:1

OF the great sea] That is to say, of the Mediterranean sea.

Joshua 9:4

They did work wlily] to provide for their owne safeties by deceit, as the others did by strength.

Joshua 9:7

Ye dwell] You are of the people of this countrey, which God hath given us, with whom God, hath forbidden to make any Covenant, Exodus 23:32.

Joshua 9:8

Thy servants] Not thine enemies, as the other Canaanites are.

Joshua 9:11

We are] Wee will take our Law from you, and accept of such conditions as you shall propound to us: amongst which it is to be imagined, the first was, that they should embrace the true religion, and the pure service of God.

Joshua 9:14

The men] Namely the chief of Israel Took] as accepting this for a proof of their saying, without enquiring of the Lord by Urim and Thummim, Numbers 27:21.

Joshua 9:19

We have sworn] See how this Oath was broken by Saul, and how hee was punished for it, 2 Samuel 21:1-22.

Joshua 9:20

This we will doe] That is specified in the next verse Wrath] of God, the revenger of perjury.

Joshua 9:21

Hewers] Subject together with their whole posterity to doe these base offices belonging to strangers, Deut. 29 11. For all the sacrifices, and all the service of Gods house. It seemeth these are they which afterwards were called Nethinims, 1 Chronicles 9:2. Ezr. 3, 43. confirmed in these offices by David. Ezra 8:20.

Joshua 9:23

Cursed] Gods generall curse upon all the people of Canaan, would require that you should be destr yed as the rest: but by reason of the Oath which hath been made unto you this curse shall bee only to slavery, and not to death.

Joshua 9:27

For the Congregation] To doe these works belonging to the service of God, which otherwise was imposed upon the people to doe.