Joshua 9:16

Modern English Version

Three days after they had made a covenant with them, they heard that they were neighbors to them and lived among them.

Cross References

Proverbs 12:19

Truthful lips will endure forever, but a lying tongue will endure for a moment.

Joshua 9:15

Joshua made peace with them and made a covenant with them to let them live, and the leaders of the congregation swore an oath to them.

Joshua 9:17

So the Israelites set out and came to their cities on the third day. Their cities were Gibeon, Kephirah, Beeroth, and Kiriath-jearim.

Joshua 9:22

Joshua met them and said, “Why did you trick us, saying, ‘We are very distant from you,’ but you are living in our midst?

Joshua 9:9

They said to him, “We, your slaves, have come from a very distant land because of the name of the Lord your God, for we heard news of Him and all He did in Egypt