Joshua 9:4
They did work wilily, and went and made as if they had been ambassadors, and took old sacks upon their asses, and wine bottles, old, and rent, and bound up;
Context
This verse from Joshua Chapter 9 connects to 10 cross-references. The Gibeonites deceive Israel by sending ambassadors with worn-out clothes and moldy bread, claiming to be from a distant country; Israel makes a covenant without consulting God. Three days later Israel discovers they are nearby neighbors; they spare them because …
Other Translations
they also did work wilily, and went and made as if they had been ambassadors, and took old sacks upon their asses, and wine-skins, old and rent and bound up,
and they work, even they, with subtilty, and go, and feign to be ambassadors, and take old sacks for their asses, and wine-bottles, old, and rent, and bound up,
Acting with deceit, got food together as if for a long journey; and took old food-bags for their asses, and old and cracked wine-skins kept together with cord;
Cross References
And the sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father deceitfully, and said, because he had defiled Dinah their …
And his servants said unto him, Behold now, we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel are …
Now the men did diligently observe whether any thing would come from him, and did hastily catch it: and they …
For I am become like a bottle in the smoke; yet do I not forget thy statutes.
Neither do men put new wine into old bottles: else the bottles break, and the wine runneth out, and the …
Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless …
And no man putteth new wine into old bottles: else the new wine doth burst the bottles, and the wine …
And no man putteth new wine into old bottles; else the new wine will burst the bottles, and be spilled, …
But new wine must be put into new bottles; and both are preserved.
And the lord commended the unjust steward, because he had done wisely: for the children of this world are in …