Were the Israelites bound to respect an oath thus procured by fraud? Were they right in doing so? Dr. Sanderson (“Works,” vol. iv. 4 pp. 269, 300, …

And Joshua called for them, etc. As he was about to deliver a sad and severe sentence, he begins by stating that the resolution involves n…

And Joshua called for them
The Gibeonites, who came as amba adors for their people, who were detained at Gilgal unti…

The Gibeonites do not justify their lie, but plead that they did it to save their lives. And the fear was not merely of the power of man—from which…