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14 So the leaders[a] took from their provisions, but they did not ask direction from Yahweh.[b] 15 And Joshua made peace with them, and he made a covenant with them[c] to allow them to live happily, and the leaders of the congregation swore an oath to them.

16 And it happened that at the end of three days, after they made a covenant with them, they heard that they were their neighbors[d] and living among them.

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Footnotes

  1. Joshua 9:14 Or “men”
  2. Joshua 9:14 Literally “the mouth of Yahweh they did not ask”
  3. Joshua 9:15 Literally “he cut a covenant with them”
  4. Joshua 9:16 Literally “they were near them”