Joshua 9:24-26

Expanded Bible

²⁴ The Gibeonites answered Joshua, “We lied to you because we were afraid you would kill us. ·We heard [^LIt was clearly/with certainty reported to your servants] that the Lord your God commanded his servant Moses to give you all of this land and to ·kill [destroy] all the people who lived in it [Deut. 20:15–18]. That is why we did this. ²⁵ Now [^Llook; ^Tbehold] ·you can decide what [^Lwe are in your hands] to do with us, whatever you think is right.”

²⁶ So Joshua saved their lives by not allowing the ·Israelites [^Lsons/^Tchildren of Israel] to kill them,