Joshua 9:16

New American Bible - revised edition

Three days after the covenant was made, the Israelites heard that these people were from nearby, and would be living in Israel.

Cross References

Proverbs 12:19

Truthful lips endure forever, the lying tongue, for only a moment.

Joshua 9:15

So Joshua made peace with them and made a covenant to let them live, which the leaders of the community sealed with an oath. Gibeonites Made Vassals.

Joshua 9:17

The third day on the road, the Israelites came to their cities of Gibeon, Chephirah, Beeroth, and Kiriath-jearim,

Joshua 9:22

Joshua summoned the Gibeonites and said to them, “Why did you deceive us and say, ‘We live far off from you’?—You live among us!

Joshua 9:9

They answered him, “Your servants have come from a far-off land, because of the fame of the Lord, your God. For we have heard reports of all that he did in Egypt