Joshua 9:22
And Joshua called for them, and he spake unto them, saying, Wherefore have ye beguiled us, saying, We are very far from you; when ye dwell among us?
Cross-reference
Joshua 9:6 records the Gibeonites' original claim of coming from afar—the very lie Joshua confronts here.
Joshua 9:9 provides the deceptive speech about coming from a distant country because of God's fame—directly referenced in Joshua's question.
Joshua 9:16 reveals that the deception was discovered after three days—the immediate context that leads to Joshua's confrontation here.
Genesis 27:35 uses the same Hebrew root for 'deceive' (רמה) as here, linking Jacob's deception of Isaac to the Gibeonites' deception of Joshua.
In Genesis 29:25, Jacob uses the same verb 'deceive' (רמה) when confronting Laban—structurally parallel to Joshua's confrontation of the Gibeonites.
Deuteronomy 20:11 prescribes forced labor for surrendered cities. Here, the Gibeonites' deception results in that exact outcome.