Joshua 9:15

And Joshua made a treaty of peace with them to let them live, and the leaders of the congregation swore an oath to them.

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

14Then the men of Israel sampled their provisions but did not seek the counsel of the LORD.

16Three days after they had made the treaty with the Gibeonites, the Israelites learned that they were neighbors, living among them.

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Cross References

Exodus 23:32You shall make no covenant with them or with their gods.

Joshua 2:12Now therefore, please swear to me by the LORD that you will indeed show kindness to my family, because I showed kindness to you. Give me a sure sign

Joshua 11:19No city made peace with the Israelites except the Hivites living in Gibeon; all others were taken in battle.

Jeremiah 18:7At any time I might announce that a nation or kingdom will be uprooted, torn down, and destroyed.

Matthew Henry on Joshua 9:4-15

The Artifice of the Gibeonites. ( b. c. 1450.) 3 And when the inhabitants of Gibeon heard what Joshua had done unto Jericho and to Ai, 4 They did work wilily, and went and made as if they had been ambassadors, and took old sacks upon their asses, and wine bottles, old, and rent, and bound up; 5 And old shoes and clouted upon their feet, and old garments upon them; and all the bread of their provision was dry and mouldy. 6 And they went to Joshua unto the camp at Gilgal, and said unto him, and to the men of Israel,… Read the whole commentary →

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