The menof Israelsaidto the Hivites,"Perhapsyou are livingwithinour land;howthen shall we makea covenantwith you?"
and the Hiviteand the Arkiteand the Sinite
When Shechemthe sonof Hamorthe Hivite,the princeof the land,sawher, he tookher and laywith her by force.
and cameto the fortressof Tyreand to allthe citiesof the Hivitesand of the Canaanites,and they wentout to the southof Judah,[to] Beersheba.
"But ifyou trulyobeyhis voiceand doallthat I say,then I will be an enemyto your enemiesand an adversaryto your adversaries.
"So I have comedownto deliverthem from the powerof the Egyptians,and to bringthem up from that landto a goodand spaciousland,to a landflowingwith milkand honey,to the placeof the Canaaniteand the Hittiteand the Amoriteand the Perizziteand the Hiviteand the Jebusite.
"Watchyourself that you makenocovenantwith the inhabitantsof the landinto whichyou are going,orit will becomea snarein your midst.
then you shall driveout allthe inhabitantsof the landfrom beforeyou, and destroyalltheir figuredstones,and destroyalltheir moltenimagesand demolishalltheir highplaces;
"Onlyin the citiesof thesepeoplesthat the LORDyour Godis givingyou as an inheritance,you shall not leavealiveanythingthat breathes.
There was not a citywhichmadepeacewith the sonsof Israelexceptthe Hiviteslivingin Gibeon;they tookthem allin battle.
Now it cameabout when allthe kingswhowere beyondthe Jordan,in the hillcountryand in the lowlandand on allthe coastof the GreatSeatowardLebanon,the Hittiteand the Amorite,the Canaanite,the Perizzite,the Hiviteand the Jebusite,heardof it,
and as for you, you shall makenocovenantwith the inhabitantsof thisland;you shall teardowntheir altars.'But you have not obeyedMe; whatis thisyou have done?
[These nations are]: the fivelordsof the Philistinesand allthe Canaanitesand the Sidoniansand the Hiviteswho livedin MountLebanon,from MountBaal-hermonas faras Lebo-hamath.
