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15 And Joshua made peace with them, and he made a covenant with them[a] to allow them to live happily, and the leaders of the congregation swore an oath to them.

16 And it happened that at the end of three days, after they made a covenant with them, they heard that they were their neighbors[b] and living among them. 17 And the Israelites[c] set out and went to their cities on the third day (their cities were Gibeon, Kephirah, Beeroth, and Kiriath Jearim).

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Footnotes

  1. Joshua 9:15 Literally “he cut a covenant with them”
  2. Joshua 9:16 Literally “they were near them”
  3. Joshua 9:17 Literally “sons/children of Israel”