Yehoshua 9: How Much Wood Could a Woodchopper Chop

YINR 929: Tanach Yomi · May 31, 2026 · 3m

Faced with an ascendant Israelite army the Gibeonites try a little trickery of their own. They disguise themselves as foreigners and ask Joshua for a peace treaty. Without consulting God, Joshua and the people agree to the treaty. When it is quickly revealed that the Gibeonites were playing games, Joshua is stuck. On the one hand, the Israelites were instructed to wipe out the seven nations. On the other hand, they had just entered into a peace treaty. Even thought it was entered into with deceit, reneging on the peace treaty would also be an affront to God. The compromise position is that…