Verse 15

And Joshua{H3091} made{H6213}{(H8799)} peace{H7965} with them, and made{H3772}{(H8799)} a league{H1285} with them, to let them live{H2421}{(H8763)}: and the princes{H5387} of the congregation{H5712} sware{H7650}{(H8735)} unto them.

Referenced Verses

  • 2 Sam 21:2 : 2 And the king{H4428} called{H7121}{(H8799)} the Gibeonites{H1393}, and said{H559}{(H8799)} 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}{(H8738)} unto them: and Saul{H7586} sought{H1245}{(H8762)} to slay{H5221}{(H8687)} them in his zeal{H7065}{(H8763)} to the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478} and Judah{H3063}.)
  • Josh 11:19 : 19 There was not a city{H5892} that made peace{H7999}{(H8689)} with the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478}, save the Hivites{H2340} the inhabitants{H3427}{(H8802)} of Gibeon{H1391}: all other they took{H3947}{(H8804)} in battle{H4421}.
  • Jer 18:7-8 : 7 At what instant{H7281} I shall speak{H1696}{(H8762)} concerning a nation{H1471}, and concerning a kingdom{H4467}, to pluck up{H5428}{(H8800)}, and to pull down{H5422}{(H8800)}, and to destroy{H6}{(H8687)} it; 8 If that nation{H1471}, against whom I have pronounced{H1696}{(H8765)}, turn{H7725}{(H8804)} from their evil{H7451}, I will repent{H5162}{(H8738)} of the evil{H7451} that I thought{H2803}{(H8804)} to do{H6213}{(H8800)} unto them.
  • Exod 23:32 : 32 Thou shalt make{H3772}{(H8799)} no covenant{H1285} with them, nor with their gods{H430}.
  • Deut 20:10-11 : 10 When thou comest nigh{H7126}{(H8799)} unto a city{H5892} to fight{H3898}{(H8736)} against it, then proclaim{H7121}{(H8804)} peace{H7965} unto it. 11 And it shall be, if it make thee answer{H6030}{(H8799)} of peace{H7965}, and open{H6605}{(H8804)} unto thee, then it shall be, that all the people{H5971} that is found{H4672}{(H8737)} therein shall be tributaries{H4522} unto thee, and they shall serve{H5647}{(H8804)} thee.
  • Josh 2:12-19 : 12 Now therefore, I pray you, swear{H7650}{(H8734)} unto me by the LORD{H3068}, since{H3588} I have shewed{H6213}{(H8804)} you kindness{H2617}, that ye will also shew{H6213}{(H8804)} kindness{H2617} unto my father's{H1} house{H1004}, and give{H5414}{(H8804)} me a true{H571} token{H226}: 13 And that ye will save alive{H2421}{(H8689)} my father{H1}, and my mother{H517}, and my brethren{H251}, and my sisters{H269}, and all that they have, and deliver{H5337}{(H8689)} our lives{H5315} from death{H4194}. 14 And the men{H582} answered{H559}{(H8799)} her, Our life{H5315} for yours{H4191}{(H8800)}, if ye utter{H5046}{(H8686)} not this our business{H1697}. And it shall be, when the LORD{H3068} hath given{H5414}{(H8800)} us the land{H776}, that we will deal{H6213}{(H8804)} kindly{H2617} and truly{H571} with thee. 15 Then she let them down{H3381}{(H8686)} by a cord{H2256} through{H1157} the window{H2474}: for her house{H1004} was upon the town{H7023} wall{H2346}, and she dwelt{H3427}{(H8802)} upon the wall{H2346}. 16 And she said{H559}{(H8799)} unto them, Get{H3212}{(H8798)} you to the mountain{H2022}, lest the pursuers{H7291}{(H8802)} meet{H6293}{(H8799)} you; and hide{H2247}{(H8738)} yourselves there three{H7969} days{H3117}, until the pursuers{H7291}{(H8802)} be returned{H7725}{(H8800)}: and afterward{H310} may ye go{H3212}{(H8799)} your way{H1870}. 17 And the men{H582} said{H559}{(H8799)} unto her, We will be blameless{H5355} of this thine oath{H7621} which thou hast made us swear{H7650}{(H8689)}. 18 Behold, when we come{H935}{(H8802)} into the land{H776}, thou shalt bind{H7194}{(H8799)} this line{H8615} of scarlet{H8144} thread{H2339} in the window{H2474} which thou didst let us down by{H3381}{(H8689)}: and thou shalt bring{H622}{(H8799)} thy father{H1}, and thy mother{H517}, and thy brethren{H251}, and all thy father's{H1} household{H1004}, home{H1004} unto thee. 19 And it shall be, that whosoever{H834} shall go out{H3318}{(H8799)} of the doors{H1817} of thy house{H1004} into the street{H2351}, his blood{H1818} shall be upon his head{H7218}, and we will 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 But Joshua{H3091} had said{H559}{(H8804)} unto the two{H8147} men{H582} that had spied out{H7270}{(H8764)} the country{H776}, Go{H935}{(H8798)} into the harlot's{H2181}{(H8802)} house{H1004}, and bring out{H3318}{(H8685)} thence the woman{H802}, and all that she hath, as ye sware{H7650}{(H8738)} unto her. 23 And the young men{H5288} that were spies{H7270}{(H8764)} went in{H935}{(H8799)}, and brought out{H3318}{(H8686)} Rahab{H7343}, and her father{H1}, and her mother{H517}, and her brethren{H251}, and all that she had; and they brought out{H3318}{(H8689)} all her kindred{H4940}, and left{H3240}{(H8686)} them without{H2351} the camp{H4264} of Israel{H3478}. 24 And they burnt{H8313}{(H8804)} 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}{(H8804)} into the treasury{H214} of the house{H1004} of the LORD{H3068}. 25 And Joshua{H3091} saved{H2421} Rahab{H7343} the harlot{H2181}{(H8802)} alive{H2421}{(H8689)}, and her father's{H1} household{H1004}, and all that she had; and she dwelleth{H3427}{(H8799)} in{H7130} Israel{H3478} even unto this day{H3117}; because she hid{H2244}{(H8689)} the messengers{H4397}, which Joshua{H3091} sent{H7971}{(H8804)} to spy out{H7270}{(H8763)} Jericho{H3405}.