Joshua 9:15

וַיַּעַשׂ לָהֶם יְהוֹשֻׁעַ שָׁלוֹם וַיִּכְרֹת לָהֶם בְּרִית לְחַיּוֹתָם וַיִּשָּׁבְעוּ לָהֶם נְשִׂיאֵי הָעֵדָֽה ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

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

14וַיִּקְחוּ הָֽאֲנָשִׁים מִצֵּידָם וְאֶת ־ פִּי יְהוָה לֹא שָׁאָֽלוּ ׃

16וַיְהִי מִקְצֵה שְׁלֹשֶׁת יָמִים אַחֲרֵי אֲשֶׁר ־ כָּרְתוּ לָהֶם בְּרִית וַֽיִּשְׁמְעוּ כִּי ־ קְרֹבִים הֵם אֵלָיו וּבְקִרְבּוֹ הֵם יֹשְׁבִֽים ׃

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Cross References

Exodus 23:32לֹא ־ תִכְרֹת לָהֶם וְלֵאלֹֽהֵיהֶם בְּרִֽית ׃

Joshua 2:12וְעַתָּה הִשָּֽׁבְעוּ ־ נָא לִי בַּֽיהוָה כִּי ־ עָשִׂיתִי עִמָּכֶם חָסֶד וַעֲשִׂיתֶם גַּם ־ אַתֶּם עִם ־ בֵּית אָבִי חֶסֶד וּנְתַתֶּם לִי אוֹת אֱמֶֽת ׃

Joshua 11:19לֹֽא ־ הָיְתָה עִיר אֲשֶׁר הִשְׁלִימָה אֶל ־ בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל בִּלְתִּי הַחִוִּי יֹשְׁבֵי גִבְעוֹן אֶת ־ הַכֹּל לָקְחוּ בַמִּלְחָמָֽה ׃

Jeremiah 18:7רֶגַע אֲדַבֵּר עַל ־ גּוֹי וְעַל ־ מַמְלָכָה לִנְתוֹשׁ וְלִנְתוֹץ וּֽלְהַאֲבִֽיד ׃

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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