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^[a] and living among them. ¹⁷ And the Israelites^[b] set out and went to their cities on the third day (their cities were Gibeon, Kephirah, Beeroth, and Kiriath Jearim). ¹⁸ But the Israelites^[c] did not attack them, because the leaders of the congregation had sworn to them by Yahweh the God of Israel. And all the congregation murmured against their leaders.^[d]