Joshua 9:15

And Joshua made peace with them, and solemnised with them a covenant to let them live,—and the princes of the assembly, entered into an oath with them.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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

14So the men took of their provision,—but, the bidding of Yahweh, had they not asked.

16And it came to pass, at the end of three days after they had solemnised with them a covenant, that they heard that, near neighbours, they were unto them, and, in their midst, they were dwelling.

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Cross References

Exodus 23:32Thou shalt not make with them or with their gods, a covenant:

Joshua 2:12Now, therefore I pray you, swear unto me by Yahweh, since I have dealt with you in lovingkindness, that, ye also, will deal with the house of my father in lovingkindness, and will give me a token of faithfulness,

Joshua 11:19There was not a city that made peace with the sons of Israel, save the Hivites dwelling in Gibeon,—the whole, took they in battle.

Jeremiah 18:7The moment I speak, concerning a nation or concerning a kingdom,—to pull up and to break down, and to destroy;

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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