Joshua 9:1-6

9:1

kings <04428> [all the kings.]

side <05676> [on this.]

Mediterranean <01419> [of the great.]

Lebanon <03844> [Lebanon.]

Hittites <02850> [Hittite.]

9:2

formed <06908> [gathered.]

<06310> [accord. Heb. mouth.]

9:3

Gibeon <01391> [Gibeon.]

Jericho <03405> [Jericho.]

9:4

did ... clever <06195 06213> [work wilily.]

provisions <06737> [ambassadors.]

The word {tzir,} an ambassador, properly denotes a hinge; because an ambassador is a person upon whom the business turns as upon a hinge. So the Latin {Cardinalis,} from {cardo,} a hinge, was the title of the prime minister of the emperor Theodosius, though now applied only to the Pope's electors and counsellors.

wineskins <04997 03196> [wine bottles.]

These bottles being made of skin, were consequently liable to be rent, and capable of being mended; which is done, according to Chardin, by putting in a piece, or by gathering up the wounded piece in the manner of a purse; and sometimes by inserting a flat piece of wood.

9:5

worn-out ... sandals ........ worn-out <05275 01087> [old shoes.]

patched <02921> [clouted.]

The word clouted signifies here patched, from the Anglo-Saxon {clut,} a clout or rag; and not nailed from the French {clou,} a nail.

9:6

camp <04264> [the camp.]

come <0935> [We be.]

Make ... treaty <03772 01285> [make ye.]

{Kirthoo lanoo berith,} "cut or divide with us a covenant," or rather the covenant sacrifice offered on these occasions. (See Note on De 29:12.)