Joshua 9:26
24 And they answered Joshua, and said, Because it was certainly told thy servants, how that the LORD thy God commanded his servant Moses to give you all the land, and to destroy all the inhabitants of the land from before you, therefore we were sore afraid of our lives because of you, and have done this thing.
25 And now, behold, we are in thine hand: as it seemeth good and right unto thee to do unto us, do.
And so did he unto them, and delivered them out of the hand of the children of Israel, that they slew them not.
27 And Joshua made them that day hewers of wood and drawers of water for the congregation, and for the altar of the LORD, even unto this day, in the place which he should choose.
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
- So Joshua did this and delivered them from the hands of the Israelites, and they did not kill the Gibeonites.
- KJV
- And so did he unto them, and delivered them out of the hand of the children of Israel, that they slew them not.
- WEB
- He did so to them, and delivered them out of the hand of the children of Israel, so that they didn’t kill them.
- ASV
- And so did he unto them, and delivered them out of the hand of the children of Israel, that they slew them not.
- DARBY
- And he did so to them, and delivered them out of the hand of the children of Israel, and they did not slay them.
- BLB
- And he did to them so, and he snatched them way out of the hand of the sons of Israel, so that they did not kill them.
- ÅB
- Og han gjorde slik[^2] med dem; han reddet dem av Israels barns hånd, så de ikke slo dem ihjel;
- OTB
- Så sparte Josva dem fra israelittene, og de ble ikke drept.
- B1930
- Og han gjorde således med dem; han reddet dem av Israels barns hånd, så de ikke slo dem ihjel; / < JOS 9, 21.>