Joshua 9:15

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Joshua made a peace treaty with them and agreed to let them live. The leaders of the community sealed it with an oath.

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  • 2 Sam 21:2 : 2 So the king summoned the Gibeonites and spoke with them.(Now the Gibeonites were not descendants of Israel; they were a remnant of the Amorites. The Israelites had made a promise to them, but Saul tried to kill them because of his zeal for the people of Israel and Judah.)
  • Josh 11:19 : 19 No city made peace with the Israelites(except the Hivites living in Gibeon); they had to conquer all of them,
  • Jer 18:7-8 : 7 There are times, Jeremiah, when I threaten to uproot, tear down, and destroy a nation or kingdom. 8 But if that nation I threatened stops doing wrong, I will cancel the destruction I intended to do to it.
  • Exod 23:32 : 32 “You must make no covenant with them or with their gods.
  • Deut 20:10-11 : 10 When you approach a city to wage war against it, offer it terms of peace. 11 If it accepts your terms and submits to you, all the people found in it will become your slaves.
  • Josh 2:12-19 : 12 So now, promise me this with an oath sworn in the LORD’s name. Because I have shown allegiance to you, show allegiance to my family. Give me a solemn pledge 13 that you will spare the lives of my father, mother, brothers, sisters, and all who belong to them, and rescue us from death.” 14 The men said to her,“If you die, may we die too! If you do not report what we’ve been up to, then, when the LORD hands the land over to us, we will show unswerving allegiance to you.” 15 Then Rahab let them down by a rope through the window.(Her house was built as part of the city wall; she lived in the wall.) 16 She told them,“Head to the hill country, so the ones chasing you don’t find you. Hide from them there for three days, long enough for those chasing you to return. Then you can be on your way.” 17 The men said to her,“We are not bound by this oath you made us swear unless the following conditions are met: 18 When we invade the land, tie this red rope in the window through which you let us down, and gather together in your house your father, mother, brothers, and all who live in your father’s house. 19 Anyone who leaves your house will be responsible for his own death– we are innocent in that case! But if anyone with you in the house is harmed, we will be responsible.
  • Josh 6:22-25 : 22 Joshua told the two men who had spied on the land,“Enter the prostitute’s house and bring out the woman and all who belong to her as you promised her.” 23 So the young spies went and brought out Rahab, her father, mother, brothers, and all who belonged to her. They brought out her whole family and took them to a place outside the Israelite camp. 24 But they burned the city and all that was in it, except for the silver, gold, and bronze and iron items they put in the treasury of the LORD’s house. 25 Yet Joshua spared Rahab the prostitute, her father’s family, and all who belonged to her. She lives in Israel to this very day because she hid the messengers Joshua sent to spy on Jericho.

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  • Josh 9:16
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    16Three days after they made the treaty with them, the Israelites found out they were from the local area and lived nearby.

  • Josh 9:18-22
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    80%

    18The Israelites did not attack them because the leaders of the community had sworn an oath to them in the name of the LORD God of Israel. The whole community criticized the leaders,

    19but all the leaders told the whole community,“We swore an oath to them in the name of the LORD God of Israel. So now we can’t hurt them!

    20We must let them live so we can escape the curse attached to the oath we swore to them.”

    21The leaders then added,“Let them live.” So they became woodcutters and water carriers for the whole community, as the leaders had decided.

    22Joshua summoned the Gibeonites and said to them,“Why did you trick us by saying,‘We live far away from you,’ when you really live nearby?

  • Josh 9:6-8
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    76%

    6They came to Joshua at the camp in Gilgal and said to him and the men of Israel,“We have come from a distant land. Make a treaty with us.”

    7The men of Israel said to the Hivites,“Perhaps you live near us. So how can we make a treaty with you?”

    8But they said to Joshua,“We are willing to be your subjects.” So Joshua said to them,“Who are you and where do you come from?”

  • Josh 9:11
    74%

    11Our leaders and all who live in our land told us,‘Take provisions for your journey and go meet them. Tell them,“We are willing to be your subjects. Make a treaty with us.”’

  • Josh 11:18-19
    2 verses
    74%

    18Joshua campaigned against these kings for quite some time.

    19No city made peace with the Israelites(except the Hivites living in Gibeon); they had to conquer all of them,

  • Josh 9:24-27
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    73%

    24They said to Joshua,“It was carefully reported to your subjects how the LORD your God commanded Moses his servant to assign you the whole land and to destroy all who live in the land from before you. Because of you we were terrified we would lose our lives, so we did this thing.

    25So now we are in your power. Do to us what you think is good and appropriate.”

    26Joshua did as they said; he kept the Israelites from killing them

    27and that day made them woodcutters and water carriers for the community and for the altar of the LORD at the divinely chosen site.(They continue in that capacity to this very day.)

  • Josh 24:25
    72%

    25That day Joshua drew up an agreement for the people, and he established rules and regulations for them in Shechem.

  • Josh 9:2-3
    2 verses
    71%

    2they formed an alliance to fight against Joshua and Israel.

    3When the residents of Gibeon heard what Joshua did to Jericho and Ai,

  • Josh 4:15
    70%

    15The LORD told Joshua,

  • Josh 10:1
    70%

    1Israel Defeats an Amorite Coalition Adoni-Zedek, king of Jerusalem, heard how Joshua captured Ai and annihilated it and its king as he did Jericho and its king. He also heard how the people of Gibeon made peace with Israel and lived among them.

  • Josh 1:12
    70%

    12Joshua told the Reubenites, Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh:

  • Josh 22:6
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    6Joshua rewarded them and sent them on their way; they returned to their homes.

  • 2 Chr 15:14
    69%

    14They swore their allegiance to the LORD, shouting their approval loudly and sounding trumpets and horns.

  • Josh 9:14
    69%

    14The men examined some of their provisions, but they failed to ask the LORD’s advice.

  • Josh 22:1
    69%

    1Joshua Sends Home the Eastern Tribes Then Joshua summoned the Reubenites, Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh

  • Josh 10:25
    69%

    25Then Joshua said to them,“Don’t be afraid and don’t panic! Be strong and brave, for the LORD will do the same thing to all your enemies you fight.”

  • 1 Kgs 22:44
    69%

    44(22:45) Jehoshaphat was also at peace with the king of Israel.

  • Josh 1:10
    69%

    10Joshua Prepares for the Invasion Joshua instructed the leaders of the people:

  • Deut 29:9
    69%

    9The Present Covenant Setting“Therefore, keep the terms of this covenant and obey them so that you may be successful in everything you do.

  • Josh 1:15-16
    2 verses
    68%

    15until the LORD gives your brothers a place like yours to settle and they conquer the land the LORD your God is ready to hand over to them. Then you may go back to your allotted land and occupy the land Moses the LORD’s servant assigned you east of the Jordan.”

    16They told Joshua,“We will do everything you say. We will go wherever you send us.

  • Josh 10:20
    68%

    20Joshua and the Israelites almost totally wiped them out, but some survivors did escape to the fortified cities.

  • Josh 3:9-10
    2 verses
    68%

    9Joshua told the Israelites,“Come here and listen to the words of the LORD your God!”

    10Joshua continued,“This is how you will know the living God is among you and that he will truly drive out before you the Canaanites, Hittites, Hivites, Perizzites, Girgashites, Amorites, and Jebusites.