Teacher: Daniel Agee [contact]
Thought questions
- How did Yehoshua (Joshua) punish the Gibeonites for their ruse?
- How did that punishment end up being a great blessing?
- What were the Gibeonites really up to, according to the Hebrew?
- If I enter an agreement with someone based on a fraud, is one bound to it?
- Why did Joshua go along with the deal?
- Weren’t they violating G-d’s command to kill all in Canaan?
- Wouldn’t killing the Gibeonites violate the Third Commandment in taking G-d’s Name in vain because the Gibeonites appealed to G-d in their ruse?
- What are the levels of importance of the 10 commandments and the Canaan law?
- How did King Saul make the wrong decision by attacking the Gibeonites?
- Why didn’t Joshua consult God when the Gibeonite "ambassadors" come to him?
- How did the "ambassadors" stroke the egos of Joshua and the leaders?
- How many mistakes has Joshua made so far?
- What were the reasons for the mistakes?
- What were the areas G-d told Joshua to "be strong, and courageous"?
- What did Moses do when he or others had a question?
- How did the Gibeonites know the Israelites would uphold the deal?
- What techniques did the Canaanites use against Israel during the conquest?
- Why was it in the Gibeonites’ best interests to try the ruse in the first place?
- What did they know and understand?