Joshua 9:26 - Easy To Read Version So the people of Gibeon became slaves. But Joshua let them live. Joshua did not allow the people of Israel to kill them. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And so did he unto them, and delivered them out of the hand of the children of Israel, that they slew them not. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition So he did to them, and delivered them out of the hand of the Israelites, so that they did not kill them. American Standard Version (1901) And so did he unto them, and delivered them out of the hand of the children of Israel, that they slew them not. Common English Bible So Joshua treated them in this way. He spared them from the power of the Israelites, and they didn’t kill them. Catholic Public Domain Version Therefore, Joshua did just as he had said, and he freed them from the hand of the sons of Israel, so that they would not be killed. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version So Josue did as he had said, and delivered them from the hand of the children of Israel, that they should not be slain. |
Joshua made the people of Gibeon become slaves of the people of Israel. They cut wood and carried water for the people of Israel and for the altar of the Lord—wherever the Lord chose it to be. Those people are still slaves today.