World English Bible
Joshua 9:15
“Joshua made peace with them, and made a covenant with them, to let them live. The princes of the congregation swore to them.”
Verse in context — Joshua 9
These wineskins, which we filled, were new; and behold, they are torn. These our garments and our shoes have become old because of the very long journey.
The men sampled their provisions, and didn't ask counsel from the mouth of Yahweh.
Joshua made peace with them, and made a covenant with them, to let them live. The princes of the congregation swore to them.
It happened at the end of three days after they had made a covenant with them, that they heard that they were their neighbors, and that they lived among them.
The children of Israel traveled and came to their cities on the third day. Now their cities were Gibeon, Chephirah, Beeroth, and Kiriath Jearim.
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Israel conquers and settles the Promised Land under Joshua’s leadership.
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