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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Interpretation
Other people heard these tidings, and were driven thereby to make war upon Israel; but the Gibeonites were led to make peace with them. Thus the discovery of the glory and the grace of God in the gospel, is to some a savour of life to life, but to others a savour of death to death, 2Co 2:16.
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This thought runs through Joshua 9:3-7.