Joshua 9:15
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.
Context
This verse from Joshua Chapter 9 connects to 10 cross-references. The Gibeonites deceive Israel by sending ambassadors with worn-out clothes and moldy bread, claiming to be from a distant country; Israel makes a covenant without consulting God. Three days later Israel discovers they are nearby neighbors; they spare them because …
Other Translations
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.
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.
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.
Cross References
Thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor with their gods.
When thou comest nigh unto a city to fight against it, then proclaim peace unto it.
And it shall be, if it make thee answer of peace, and open unto thee, then it shall be, that …
Now therefore, I pray you, swear unto me by the Lord, since I have shewed you kindness, that ye will …
And it shall be, that whosoever shall go out of the doors of thy house into the street, his blood …
But Joshua had said unto the two men that had spied out the country, Go into the harlot’s house, and …
And Joshua saved Rahab the harlot alive, and her father’s household, and all that she had; and she dwelleth in …
There was not a city that made peace with the children of Israel, save the Hivites the inhabitants of Gibeon: …
And the king called the Gibeonites, and said unto them; (now the Gibeonites were not of the children of Israel, …
At what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up, and to pull down, …