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15 So Joshua made peace with them. He made a treaty with them to let them live, and the leaders of the community swore an oath to them.

16 But three days after they had made the treaty with them, the Israelites heard that they were their neighbors, that is, that they were living among them. 17 So the people of Israel set out and came to the Gibeonites’ cities on the third day. Their cities were Gibeon, Kephirah, Be’eroth,[a] and Kiriath Jearim.

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Footnotes

  1. Joshua 9:17 The stop mark ′ is inserted into some names as a pronunciation guide. The double vowel in Beer should not be read as one syllable, Beer, but as two syllables, Be-er.

15 Then Joshua made a treaty of peace(A) with them to let them live,(B) and the leaders of the assembly ratified it by oath.

16 Three days after they made the treaty with the Gibeonites, the Israelites heard that they were neighbors, living near(C) them. 17 So the Israelites set out and on the third day came to their cities: Gibeon, Kephirah, Beeroth(D) and Kiriath Jearim.(E)

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