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Joshua 9:15

So Joshua made peace with them, and made an agreement with them that they were not to be put to death: and the chiefs of the people took an oath to them.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Alliances;   Confidence;   Contracts;   Craftiness;   Deception;   Diplomacy;   Government;   Joshua;   Kirjath-Jearim;   Magnanimity;   Oath;   Servant;   Treaty;   Thompson Chain Reference - Oaths;   Princes;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Amorites, the;   Covenants;   Gibeonites;   Oaths;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Gibeon;   Joshua the son of nun;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Covenant;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - All-Sufficiency of God;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Alliance;   Covenant;   Gibeon;   Slave;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Adriel;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Joshua, the Book of;   Oaths;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Gibeon;   Israel;   Joshua;   Stranger;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Alliance;   Covenant;   Gibeon ;   Prince, Princess;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Covenant;   Elder;   Gibeon;   Journeyings of israel from egypt to canaan;   Nethinim;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Alliances;   Covenant;   Gib'eon;   Law of Moses;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Elders;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Conquest of Canaan;   Hebrew Monarchy, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Covenant, in the Old Testament;   Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia - Alliances;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Gibeon and Gibeonites;   Hivites;  

Devotionals:

- Daily Light on the Daily Path - Devotion for January 19;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
So Joshua established peace with them and made a treaty to let them live, and the leaders of the community swore an oath to them.
Hebrew Names Version
Yehoshua made shalom with them, and made a covenant with them, to let them live: and the princes of the congregation swore to them.
King James Version
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.
Lexham English Bible
And Joshua made peace with them, and he made a covenant with them to allow them to live happily, and the leaders of the congregation swore an oath to them.
English Standard Version
And Joshua made peace with them and made a covenant with them, to let them live, and the leaders of the congregation swore to them.
New Century Version
So Joshua agreed to make peace with the Gibeonites and to let them live. And the leaders of the Israelites swore an oath to keep the agreement.
New English Translation
Joshua made a peace treaty with them and agreed to let them live. The leaders of the community sealed it with an oath.
Amplified Bible
Joshua made peace with them and made a covenant (treaty) with them, to let them live; and the leaders of the congregation [of Israel] swore an oath to them.
New American Standard Bible
And Joshua made peace with them and made a covenant with them, to let them live; and the leaders of the congregation swore an oath to them.
Geneva Bible (1587)
So Ioshua made peace with them, & made a league with them, that he would suffer them to liue: also the Princes of the Congregation sware vnto them.
Legacy Standard Bible
And Joshua made peace with them and cut a covenant with them, to let them live; and the leaders of the congregation swore an oath to them.
Contemporary English Version
So Joshua made a peace treaty with the messengers and promised that Israel would not kill their people. Israel's leaders swore that Israel would keep this promise.
Complete Jewish Bible
so Y'hoshua made peace with them and made a covenant with them to spare their lives, and the leading officials of the community swore to them.
Darby Translation
And Joshua made peace with them, and made a covenant with them, to let them live; and the princes of the assembly swore unto them.
Easy-to-Read Version
Joshua agreed to make peace with them. He agreed to let them live. The leaders of Israel agreed with this promise of Joshua.
George Lamsa Translation
And Joshua made peace with them, and he made a treaty with them to let them live; and the princes of the congregation swore to them.
Good News Translation
Joshua made a treaty of friendship with the people of Gibeon and allowed them to live. The leaders of the community of Israel gave their solemn promise to keep the treaty.
Literal Translation
And Joshua made peace with them, and cut a covenant with them, to keep them alive. And the leaders of the congregation swore to them.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And Iosua made peace with them, and set vp a couenaunt with them, that they shulde be saued alyue, and the rulers of the congregacion sware vnto them.
American Standard Version
And Joshua made peace with them, and made a covenant with them, to let them live: and the princes of the congregation sware unto them.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And Iosuah made peace which the, and made a couenaunt with them, that they shulde be suffered to liue: And the princes of the congregation sware vnto them.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And Joshua made peace with them, and made a covenant with them, to let them live; and the princes of the congregation swore unto them.
King James Version (1611)
And Ioshua made peace with them, and made a league with them, to let them liue: and the princes of the Congregation sware vnto them.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And Joshua made peace with them, and they made a covenant with them to preserve them; and the princes of the congregation sware to them.
English Revised Version
And Joshua made peace with them, and made a covenant with them, to let them live: and the princes of the congregation sware unto them.
Berean Standard Bible
And Joshua made a treaty of peace with them to let them live, and the leaders of the congregation swore an oath to them.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And Josue made pees with hem. And whanne the boond of pees was maad, he bihiyte, that thei schulden not be slayn; and the princes of the multitude sworen to hem.
Young's Literal Translation
and Joshua maketh with them peace, and maketh with them a covenant, to keep them alive; and swear to them do the princes of the company.
Update Bible Version
And Joshua made peace with them, and made a covenant with them, to let them live: and the princes of the congregation swore to them.
Webster's Bible Translation
And Joshua made peace with them, and made a league with them, to let them live: and the princes of the congregation swore to them.
World English Bible
Joshua made peace with them, and made a covenant with them, to let them live: and the princes of the congregation swore to them.
New King James Version
So Joshua made peace with them, and made a covenant with them to let them live; and the rulers of the congregation swore to them.
New Living Translation
Then Joshua made a peace treaty with them and guaranteed their safety, and the leaders of the community ratified their agreement with a binding oath.
New Life Bible
Joshua made peace with them and made an agreement with them, to let them live. And the leaders of the people made a promise to them.
New Revised Standard
And Joshua made peace with them, guaranteeing their lives by a treaty; and the leaders of the congregation swore an oath to them.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And Joshua made peace with them, and solemnised with them a covenant to let them live, - and the princes of the assembly, entered into an oath with them.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And Josue made peace with them, and entering into a league, promised that they should not be slain: the princes also of the multitude swore to them.
Revised Standard Version
And Joshua made peace with them, and made a covenant with them, to let them live; and the leaders of the congregation swore to them.
THE MESSAGE
So Joshua made peace with them and formalized it with a covenant to guarantee their lives. The leaders of the congregation swore to it.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Joshua made peace with them and made a covenant with them, to let them live; and the leaders of the congregation swore an oath to them.

Contextual Overview

15 So Joshua made peace with them, and made an agreement with them that they were not to be put to death: and the chiefs of the people took an oath to them. 16 Now three days after, when they had made this agreement with them, they had word that these men were their neighbours, living near them. 17 And the children of Israel went forward on their journey, and on the third day came to their towns. Now their towns were Gibeon and Chephirah and Beeroth and Kiriath-jearim. 18 And the children of Israel did not put them to death, because the chiefs of the people had taken an oath to them by the Lord, the God of Israel. And all the people made an outcry against the chiefs. 19 But all the chiefs said to the people, We have taken an oath to them by the Lord, the God of Israel, and so we may not put our hands on them. 20 This is what we will do to them: we will not put them to death, for fear that wrath may come on us because of our oath to them. 21 Keep them living, and let them be servants, cutting wood and getting water for all the people. And all the people did as the chiefs had said to them.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

made peace: Joshua 2:12-19, Joshua 6:22-25, Joshua 11:19, Deuteronomy 20:10, Deuteronomy 20:11, 2 Samuel 21:2, Jeremiah 18:7, Jeremiah 18:8

and the: 2 Samuel 21:2

Reciprocal: Leviticus 5:4 - to do evil Joshua 9:21 - as the princes Joshua 10:1 - how the Joshua 10:4 - we may Joshua 10:6 - from thy 1 Samuel 30:15 - Swear 2 Chronicles 36:13 - who had Esther 9:27 - and upon their seed Hebrews 6:16 - an oath

Cross-References

Genesis 9:8
And God said to Noah and to his sons,
Genesis 9:10
And with every living thing with you, all birds and cattle and every beast of the earth which comes out of the ark with you.
Exodus 28:12
And the two stones are to be placed on the ephod, over the arm-holes, to be stones of memory for the children of Israel: Aaron will have their names on his arms when he goes in before the Lord, to keep the Lord in mind of them.
Deuteronomy 7:9
Be certain, then, that the Lord your God is God; whose faith and mercy are unchanging, who keeps his word through a thousand generations to those who have love for him and keep his laws;
1 Kings 8:23
Said, O Lord, the God of Israel, there is no God like you in heaven or on the earth; keeping faith and mercy unchanging for your servants, while they go in your ways with all their hearts.
Nehemiah 9:32
And now, our God, the great, the strong, the God who is to be feared, who keeps faith and mercy, let not all this trouble seem small to you, which has come on us, and on our kings and our rulers and on our priests and our prophets and our fathers and on all your people from the time of the kings of Assyria till this day.
Psalms 106:45
And kept in mind his agreement with them, and in his great mercy gave them forgiveness.
Jeremiah 14:21
Do not be turned from us in disgust, because of your name; do not put shame on the seat of your glory: keep us in mind, let not your agreement with us be broken.
Ezekiel 16:60
But still I will keep in mind the agreement made with you in the days when you were young, and I will make with you an eternal agreement.
Luke 1:72
To do acts of mercy to our fathers and to keep in mind his holy word,

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And Joshua made peace with them,.... Upon the report the princes made of having examined what they had said, and which they found to be true, particularly concerning their victuals:

and made a league with them, to let them live; and not destroy them as he did the Canaanites, and was ordered to do; they being supposed not to belong to them by the representation of things they had made:

and the princes of the congregation sware unto them; that they would keep the league and covenant they had made with them inviolable; they ratified it by an oath, which was a sacred solemn thing.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Joshua 9:15. Joshua made peace with them — Joshua agreed to receive them into a friendly connection with the Israelites, and to respect their lives and properties; and the elders of Israel bound themselves to the observance of it, and confirmed it with an oath. As the same words are used here as in Joshua 9:6, we may suppose that the covenant was made in the ordinary way, a sacrifice being offered on the occasion, and its blood poured out before the Lord. Genesis 15:10, &c.


 
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