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They said to Joshua, We are your servants. Joshua said to them, Who are you? and from whence come you?
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A Model for Approaching God
Matthew Henry suggests the Gibeonites' approach models how believers should seek God. While their deception is condemned, their humility is praised. By declaring themselves 'servants' to Joshua, they submitted to the God of Israel. This serves as a pattern for us to approach Jesus, our 'blessed Joshua,' in humble repentance to find life.
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And they said unto Joshua, we [are] your servants Not that they meant to be subjects of his, and tributaries to him;…
Presbyterian
Other people heard this news and were driven by it to make war against Israel; but the Gibeonites were led to make peace with them. Thus the discov…