Verse 15
And Joshua{H3091} made{H6213} peace{H7965} with them, and made{H3772} a covenant{H1285} with them, to let them live:{H2421} and the princes{H5387} of the congregation{H5712} sware{H7650} unto them.
Referenced Verses
- 2 Sam 21:2 : 2 And the king{H4428} called{H7121} the Gibeonites,{H1393} and said{H559} unto them (now the Gibeonites{H1393} were not of the children{H1121} of Israel,{H3478} but of the remnant{H3499} of the Amorites;{H567} and the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478} had sworn{H7650} unto them: and Saul{H7586} sought{H1245} to slay{H5221} them in his zeal{H7065} for the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478} and Judah);{H3063}
- Josh 11:19 : 19 There was not a city{H5892} that made peace{H7999} with the children{H1121} of Israel,{H3478} save the Hivites{H2340} the inhabitants{H3427} of Gibeon:{H1391} they took{H3947} all in battle.{H4421}
- Jer 18:7-8 : 7 At what instant{H7281} I shall speak{H1696} concerning a nation,{H1471} and concerning a kingdom,{H4467} to pluck up{H5428} and to break down{H5422} and to destroy{H6} it; 8 if that nation,{H1471} concerning which I have spoken,{H1696} turn{H7725} from their evil,{H7451} I will repent{H5162} of the evil{H7451} that I thought{H2803} to do{H6213} unto them.
- Exod 23:32 : 32 Thou shalt make{H3772} no covenant{H1285} with them, nor with their gods.{H430}
- Deut 20:10-11 : 10 When thou drawest nigh{H7126} unto a city{H5892} to fight{H3898} against it, then proclaim{H7121} peace{H7965} unto it. 11 And it shall be, if it make thee answer{H6030} of peace,{H7965} and open{H6605} unto thee, then it shall be, that all the people{H5971} that are found{H4672} therein shall become tributary{H4522} unto thee, and shall serve{H5647} thee.
- Josh 2:12-19 : 12 Now therefore, I pray you, swear{H7650} unto me by Jehovah,{H3068} since{H3588} I have dealt{H6213} kindly{H2617} with you, that ye also will deal{H6213} kindly{H2617} with my father's{H1} house,{H1004} and give{H5414} me a true{H571} token;{H226} 13 and that ye will save alive{H2421} my father,{H1} and my mother,{H517} and my brethren,{H251} and my sisters,{H269} and all that they have, and will deliver{H5337} our lives{H5315} from death.{H4194} 14 And the men{H582} said{H559} unto her, Our life{H5315} for yours,{H4191} if ye utter{H5046} not this our business;{H1697} and it shall be, when Jehovah{H3068} giveth{H5414} us the land,{H776} that we will deal{H6213} kindly{H2617} and truly{H571} with thee. 15 Then she let them down{H3381} by a cord{H2256} through{H1157} the window:{H2474} for her house{H1004} was upon the side{H7023} of the wall,{H2346} and she dwelt{H3427} upon the wall.{H2346} 16 And she said{H559} unto them, Get{H3212} you to the mountain,{H2022} lest the pursuers{H7291} light{H6293} upon you; and hide{H2247} yourselves there three{H7969} days,{H3117} until the pursuers{H7291} be returned:{H7725} and afterward{H310} may ye go{H3212} your way.{H1870} 17 And the men{H582} said{H559} unto her, We will be guiltless{H5355} of this thine oath{H7621} which thou hast made us to swear.{H7650} 18 Behold, when we come{H935} into the land,{H776} thou shalt bind{H7194} this line{H8615} of scarlet{H8144} thread{H2339} in the window{H2474} which thou didst let us down by:{H3381} and thou shalt gather{H622} unto thee into the house{H1004} thy father,{H1} and thy mother,{H517} and thy brethren,{H251} and all thy father's{H1} household.{H1004} 19 And it shall be, that whosoever{H834} shall go out{H3318} of the doors{H1817} of thy house{H1004} into the street,{H2351} his blood{H1818} shall be upon his head,{H7218} and we shall be guiltless:{H5355} and whosoever shall be with thee in the house,{H1004} his blood{H1818} shall be on our head,{H7218} if any hand{H3027} be upon him.
- Josh 6:22-25 : 22 And Joshua{H3091} said{H559} unto the two{H8147} men{H582} that had spied out{H7270} the land,{H776} Go{H935} into the harlot's{H2181} house,{H1004} and bring out{H3318} thence the woman,{H802} and all that she hath, as ye sware{H7650} unto her. 23 And the young men{H5288} the spies{H7270} went in,{H935} and brought out{H3318} Rahab,{H7343} and her father,{H1} and her mother,{H517} and her brethren,{H251} and all that she had; all her kindred{H4940} also they brought out;{H3318} and they set{H3240} them without{H2351} the camp{H4264} of Israel.{H3478} 24 And they burnt{H8313} the city{H5892} with fire,{H784} and all that was therein; only the silver,{H3701} and the gold,{H2091} and the vessels{H3627} of brass{H5178} and of iron,{H1270} they put{H5414} into the treasury{H214} of the house{H1004} of Jehovah.{H3068} 25 But Rahab{H7343} the harlot,{H2181} and her father's{H1} household,{H1004} and all that she had, did Joshua{H3091} save{H2421} alive;{H2421} and she dwelt{H3427} in{H7130} the midst of Israel{H3478} unto this day,{H3117} because she hid{H2244} the messengers,{H4397} whom Joshua{H3091} sent{H7971} to spy out{H7270} Jericho.{H3405}