Commentaries:
Adam Clarke
Wherefore our elders , etc. - All this, and what follows to the end of Joshua 9:13, was false, contrived merely for the purpose of deceiving the Israelites, and this they did to save their own lives; as they expected all the inhabitants of Canaan to be put to the sword.
Other Adam Clarke entries containing Joshua 9:11:
Leviticus 2:7
Joshua 10:2
Joshua 18:25
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