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;
They acted cleverly and deceptively, pretending to be official messengers from a distant land. They loaded their donkeys with old, worn-out sacks and old, cracked wineskins that had been patched up.
The Gibeonites used clever deception, disguising themselves with old, worn-out supplies to make it look like they had traveled from far away.
📚 Historical Context
In the book of Joshua, the Israelites were conquering the Promised Land of Canaan under God's command after their exodus from Egypt. The Gibeonites, a group of local inhabitants who feared being destroyed, devised a clever deception to secure a peace treaty with the Israelites by pretending to be travelers from a distant land. They used worn-out items like old sacks and wineskins to make their story seem credible and avoid the fate of other Canaanite cities.
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