As Israel gains ground in the Promised Land, the surrounding nations grow desperate. In Joshua 9, the Gibeonites use deception to secure a treaty with Israel—and God’s people are caught off guard because they fail to seek God’s direction.

On this episode of the Bible Savvy Podcast, the team unpacks what this story reveals about discernment, the danger of making decisions apart from God, and how God’s purposes still prevail even through our mistakes.

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