Joshua 9 – FOOLED! or TRICKED! 

The children of Israel were fooled when they shouldn’t have been. 

A GREAT DECEPTION – Vss. 1-13

The people of Gibeon went to great lengths to fool the Children of Israel in an effort not to be destroyed by the Israelites. 

A GRAVE MISTAKE – Vss. 14-15

They acted without getting counsel from the Lord. 

A GLARING ERROR – Vss. 15-18

It wasn’t long before Israel realized that she had been tricked. It was her glaring error. 

A GOOD RESPONSE – Vss. 19-27

Israel had made a covenant with Gibeon.  They would not break the covenant, but placed Gibeon in submissive slavery.