Joshua 9:15-17
New English Translation
15 Joshua made a peace treaty with them and agreed to let them live. The leaders of the community[a] sealed it with an oath.[b]
16 Three days after they made the treaty with them, the Israelites found out they were from the local area and lived nearby.[c] 17 So the Israelites set out and on the third day arrived at their cities—Gibeon, Kephirah, Beeroth, and Kiriath Jearim.
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- Joshua 9:15 tn Or “assembly.”
- Joshua 9:15 tn Heb “Joshua made peace with them and made a treaty with them to let them live, and the leaders of the community swore an oath to them.”
- Joshua 9:16 tn Heb “At the end of three days, after they made the treaty with them, they heard that they were neighbors to them and in their midst they were living.”
Joshua 9:15-17
King James Version
15 And Joshua made peace with them, and made a league with them, to let them live: and the princes of the congregation sware unto them.
16 And it came to pass at the end of three days after they had made a league with them, that they heard that they were their neighbours, and that they dwelt among them.
17 And the children of Israel journeyed, and came unto their cities on the third day. Now their cities were Gibeon, and Chephirah, and Beeroth, and Kirjathjearim.
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