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Podcast: Thy Strong Word from KFUO Radio
Episode: Joshua 9: The Gibeonite Deception
Description: The Rev. Prof. Adolph Harstad, professor emeritus at Bethany Lutheran Theological Seminary, Mankato, MN, and author of Concordia Commentary: Joshua, joins the Rev. Dr. Phil Booe to study Joshua 9. A group of Canaanite inhabitants from the city of Gibeon devise a cunning plan to deceive the Israelites. They pretend to be travelers from a distant land and seek a peace treaty with the Israelites, who are in the process of conquering the Promised Land. Joshua and the Israelites, unaware of the deception, make a covenant of peace with the Gibeonites. Later, they discover the...