[Avodah] gibeonites.........

[Harvey Benton]

was it for sure that  the gibeonites 

tricked bnei yisrael/into signing a 

treaty???? 

why was were we bound by  a 

false treaty / pretense??? or was 

it to avoid a chilul Hashem  that
Yehoshua kept his word???

 from wikipedia:

Joshua's treaty with the Hivites
After the destruction of Jericho and Ai, the people of Gibeon (Hivites) sent ambassadors to trick Joshua and the Israelites into making a treaty with them. According to the 
Bible, the Israelites were commanded to destroy all inhabitants of 
Canaan. The Gibeonites presented themselves as ambassadors from a 
distant, powerful land. Without consulting the high priests, Israel 
entered into a mutual pact with the Gibeonites. Joshua realized he had 
been deceived, but he kept the letter 

hmz
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