Lesson 10 · September 6, 1890

The League with the Gibeonites

1.When the inhabitants of Gibeon heard of the destruction of Jericho and Ai, what did they do? .
2.What did they say to Joshua? .
3.What did the men of Israel say to them? .
4.Why did they say this? ; .
5.Why were they not to enter into any alliance with the people of the land? ; .
6.When asked plainly who they were and whence they came, what did the Gibeonites reply? .
7.By what falsehood did they seek to demonstrate that they had come a long distance? .
8.Did their false pretenses succeed in gaining the object they desired? .
9.How did it happen that the men of Israel were so deceived? .
10.What is the result of not taking counsel? .
11.What is said of the Lord as a counselor? .
12.What is one of the titles of Christ? .
13.How much counsel is the Lord able to give? .
14.Who may obtain it? and how? .
15.What did the Israelites learn three days after making the league with the Gibeonites? .
16.Why did they not smite them? .
17.What did they do to them instead? .
18.What lesson is taught by this? Ans. That we are not at liberty to break even a pledge that has been obtained by fraud, if the performance of it does not involve a direct sin against God.
19.What is an abomination to the Lord? .
20.Who will have an everlasting abode with God? .

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