Joshua 9:5 KJV

And old shoes and clouted upon their feet, and old garments upon them; and all the bread of their provision was dry and mouldy.

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Cross References

  • Luke 15:22 But the father said to his servants, Bring forth the best robe, and put it on him; and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet:
  • Deuteronomy 29:5 And I have led you forty years in the wilderness: your clothes are not waxen old upon you, and thy shoe is not waxen old upon thy foot.
  • Deuteronomy 33:25 Thy shoes shall be iron and brass; and as thy days, so shall thy strength be.
  • Joshua 9:13 And these bottles of wine, which we filled, were new; and, behold, they be rent: and these our garments and our shoes are become old by reason of the very long journey.

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Topics

  • Alliances Joshua and the Gibeonites
  • Canaan Conquest of, by the Israelites
  • Confidence Joshua, by the Gibeonites
  • Contracts Scriptures illustrative of the binding force of Contracts
  • Craftiness Gibeonites, in deceiving Joshua and the Israelites into a treaty

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Hebrew and Strong’s

  • And old בָּלוֹת bālôt בָּלֶה Adjective · feminine plural
  • shoes וּנְעָלוֹת ûnĕʿālôt נַעַל Noun · feminine plural · with and
  • and clouted וּמְטֻלָּאוֹת ûmĕṭullāʾwōt טָלָא Verb · pual passive participle, feminine plural · with and
  • upon their feet בְּרַגְלֵיהֶם bĕraglêhem רֶגֶל Noun · feminine dual construct · with preposition, suffix: third person masculine plural
  • and old בָּלוֹת bālôt בָּלֶה Adjective · feminine plural
  • garments וּשְׂלָמוֹת ûśĕlāmôt שַׂלְמָה Noun · feminine plural · with and
  • upon them; and all the bread עֲלֵיהֶם ʿălêhem Preposition · with suffix: third person masculine plural וְכֹל wĕkōl Noun · masculine singular construct · with and לֶחֶם leḥem לֶחֶם Noun · masculine or feminine singular construct
  • of their provision צֵידָם ṣêdām Noun · masculine or feminine singular construct · with suffix: third person masculine plural צַיִד tsayid
  • was dry יָבֵשׁ yābēš יָבֵשׁ Verb · qal perfect, third person masculine singular
  • mouldy הָיָה hāyâ Verb · qal perfect, third person masculine singular נִקֻּדִים niqqudîm נִקֻּד Noun · masculine plural

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