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The Gibeonite Deception. On hearing what Joshua had done to Jericho and Ai, the inhabitants of Gibeon(A)

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And when the inhabitants of Gibeon heard what Joshua had done unto Jericho and to Ai,

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But the Israelites replied to the Hivites,[a] “You may be living in land that is ours. How, then, can we make a covenant with you?”

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Footnotes

  1. 9:7 The Hivites: apparently the Gibeonites belonged to this larger ethnic group (cf. also 11:19), although in 2 Sm 21:2 they are classed as Amorites; both groups are listed among the seven nations of Canaan whom, according to Dt 7:1–2, the Israelites were to dispossess.

The Israelites said to the Hivites,(A) “But perhaps you live near us, so how can we make a treaty(B) with you?”

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And the men of Israel said unto the Hivites, Peradventure ye dwell among us; and how shall we make a league with you?

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15 So Joshua made peace with them and made a covenant to let them live,(A) which the leaders of the community sealed with an oath.

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15 Then Joshua made a treaty of peace(A) with them to let them live,(B) and the leaders of the assembly ratified it by oath.

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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.

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