Joshua 9:16

Good News Translation

Three days after the treaty had been made, the Israelites learned that these people did indeed live nearby.

Cross References

Proverbs 12:19

A lie has a short life, but truth lives on forever.

Joshua 9:15

Joshua made a treaty of friendship with the people of Gibeon and allowed them to live. The leaders of the community of Israel gave their solemn promise to keep the treaty.

Joshua 9:17

So the people of Israel started out and three days later arrived at the cities where these people lived: Gibeon, Chephirah, Beeroth, and Kiriath Jearim.

Joshua 9:22

Joshua ordered the people of Gibeon to be brought to him, and he asked them, “Why did you deceive us and tell us that you were from far away, when you live right here?

Joshua 9:9

Then they told him this story: “We have come from a very distant land, sir, because we have heard of the Lord your God. We have heard about everything that he did in Egypt