Joshua 9:12-18

12We have come a very long way. This bread was warm when we put it in our bags on the day that we left home. But see how hard and dry it has become.

13These bags of wine were new, but see how old and spoiled they are now. Our clothes and our shoes have become old as we made our long journey.’

14The Israelite men tasted some of the Gibeonites' food, but they did not ask the Lord what they should do.

15So Joshua agreed that they would not kill the people of Gibeon. The Israelite leaders also said that they would obey this agreement.

16Three days after they made this agreement, the Israelites discovered that the Gibeonites lived near to them.

17So the Israelites left Gilgal to find the cities where the Hivites lived. After three days they arrived at their cities: Gibeon, Kephirah, Beeroth and Kiriath-Jearim.

18The Israelites did not attack them, because of the promise that their leaders had made. They had made a strong promise in the name of the Lord God of Israel that they would not kill the Gibeonites. The Israelite people were angry with their leaders, because of the agreement.