New Living Translation
Joshua 9:15
15Then Joshua made a peace treaty with them and guaranteed their safety, and the leaders of the community ratified their agreement with a binding oath.
Joshua 9:15 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)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.
- New International Version (NIV)Then Joshua made a treaty of peace with them to let them live, and the leaders of the assembly ratified it by oath.
- English Standard Version (ESV)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 King James Version (NKJV)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.
Context of Joshua 9:15
13These wineskins were new when we filled them, but now they are old and split open. And our clothing and sandals are worn out from our very long journey.” 14So the Israelites examined their food, but they did not consult the Lord. 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. 16Three days after making the treaty, they learned that these people actually lived nearby! 17The Israelites set out at once to investigate and reached their towns in three days. The names of these towns were Gibeon, Kephirah, Beeroth, and Kiriath-jearim.
Read all of Joshua 9Joshua 9:15 word by word
וַיַּ֨עַשׂ לָהֶ֤ם יְהוֹשֻׁ֙עַ֙ שָׁל֔וֹם וַיִּכְרֹ֥ת לָהֶ֛ם בְּרִ֖ית לְחַיּוֹתָ֑ם וַיִּשָּׁבְע֣וּ לָהֶ֔ם נְשִׂיאֵ֖י הָעֵדָֽה׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- And Joshuaיְהוֹשׁוּעַyehôshûa‛ yehôshûa‛ · JoshuaH3091
- madeעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to makeH6213
- peaceשָׁלוֹםshâlôm shâlôm · peaceH7965
- with them, and madeכָּרַתkârath · to cut: make(covenant)H3772
- a leagueבְּרִיתberîyth · covenantH1285
- with them, to let them liveחָיָהchâyâh · to liveH2421
- and the princesנָשִׂיאnâώîy' nâώi' · leaderH5387
- of the congregationעֵדָה‛êdâh · congregationH5712
- swareשָׁבַעshâba‛ · to swearH7650
Cross-references for Joshua 9:15
- Joshua 2:12“Now swear to me by the Lord that you will be kind to me and my family since I have helped you. Give me some guarantee that
- Joshua 6:22Meanwhile, Joshua said to the two spies, “Keep your promise. Go to the prostitute’s house and bring her out, along with all her family.”
- Joshua 11:19No one in this region made peace with the Israelites except the Hivites of Gibeon. All the others were defeated.
- Deuteronomy 20:10“As you approach a town to attack it, you must first offer its people terms for peace.
- 2 Samuel 21:2So the king summoned the Gibeonites. They were not part of Israel but were all that was left of the nation of the Amorites. The people of Israel had sworn not to kill them, but Saul, in his zeal for Israel and Judah, had tried to wipe them out.
- Jeremiah 18:7If I announce that a certain nation or kingdom is to be uprooted, torn down, and destroyed,
Commentaries on Joshua 9:15
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 15Joshua 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. See on…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 14-21Verses 14-21 The Israelites, having examined the provisions of the Gibeonites, hastily concluded that they confirmed their account. We make more haste than good speed, when we stay not to take God with us, and do not consult him by the word and prayer. The fraud was soon found out. A lying tongue is but for a moment. Had the oath been in itself unlawful, it would not have been binding; for no obligation can render it our duty to commit a sin. But it was…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 15Israel made a treaty of peace with the Gibeonites. The Israelites were God's subjects, having made a treaty with God at Mount Sinai (see study note on Exodus 20:1–23:33). Israel could not make treaties without God's approval. made a treaty of peace with them to let them live (literally made a covenant for their lives): Nations confirmed covenants through a ceremony involving cutting animals in half as sacrifices. The parties of the covenant walked between…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 3-153-15. when the inhabitants of Gibeon heard--This town, as its name imports, was situated on a rocky eminence, about six miles northwest from Jerusalem, where the modern village of El Jib now stands. It was the capital of the Hivites, and a large important city (Jos 10:2). It seems to have formed, in union with a few other towns in the neighborhood, a free independent state (Jos 9:17) and to have enjoyed a republican government (Jos 9:11).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Joshua 9
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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