Joshua 9 has one of these really interesting passages of human deception. The Hivites were afraid of the Israelites and pretended to be from a distant land so that they would not be destroyed by Joshua. They come up with a reasonably deception but here is the crunch for the Israelites, "they did not consult the Lord".
Could this be a story of our lives? Our human wisdom again gets in the way of God's work simply because we do not consult Him?
The Israelites made a vow to protect the Hivites and paid for it dearly since they then realised they had vowed to protect the very people they were supposed to destroy. These people ended up being a constant reminder of what happens when you don't consult the Lord.
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