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Now, behold, we are in your hand: as it seems good and right to you to do to us, do.
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A Model of Trusting Submission
The Gibeonites' plea, "we are in thy hand," is a powerful model of submission. Commentators explain this is not a surrender to fate, but a trustful appeal to Joshua's character to do what is "good and right." Matthew Henry applies this directly to believers, urging a similar surrender to Jesus Christ, trusting His goodness and saying, "do to us as seems good and right to You; only save our souls."
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Joshua
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And now, behold, we [are] in your hand In your power, and at your disposal, and are ready to submit to whatsoever ma…
Presbyterian
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…
