Joshua 9:16
14 And the men took of their victuals, and asked not counsel at the mouth of the LORD.
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.
And it came to pass at the end of three days after they had made a league with them, that they heard that they were their neighbours, and that they dwelt among them.
17 And the children of Israel journeyed, and came unto their cities on the third day. Now their cities were Gibeon, and Chephirah, and Beeroth, and Kirjath-jearim.
18 And the children of Israel smote them not, because the princes of the congregation had sworn unto them by the LORD God of Israel. And all the congregation murmured against the princes.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- Three days after they had made the treaty with the Gibeonites, the Israelites learned that they were neighbors, living among them.
- KJV
- And it came to pass at the end of three days after they had made a league with them, that they heard that they were their neighbours, and that they dwelt among them.
- WEB
- At the end of three days after they had made a covenant with them, they heard that they were their neighbors, and that they lived among them.
- ASV
- And it came to pass 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 dwelt among them.
- DARBY
- And it came to pass at the end of three days after they had made a covenant with them, that they heard that they were their neighbours, and that they dwelt in their midst.
- BLB
- And it came to pass at the end of three days after that they had cut a covenant with them, that they heard that they [were] neighbors to them, and they dwelt among them.
- ÅB
- Men da tre dager var gått etter at de hadde gjort pakt med dem, fikk de vite at de hørte hjemme der i nærheten og bodde midt iblant dem.
- OTB
- Tre dager etter at de hadde inngått pakten med gibeonittene, fikk israelittene vite at de var naboer som bodde blant dem.
- B1930
- Men da tre dager var gått efterat de hadde gjort pakt med dem, fikk de vite at de hørte hjemme der i nærheten og bodde midt iblandt dem.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Proverbs 12:19
The lip of truth shall be established for ever: but a lying tongue is but for a moment.
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