9:16 Three days after they made the treaty with them, the Israelites found out they were from the local area and lived nearby. 1
9:22 2 Joshua summoned the Gibeonites 3 and said to them, “Why did you trick 4 us by saying, ‘We live far away from you,’ when you really live nearby? 5
1 tn Heb “At the end of three days, after they made the treaty with them, they heard that they were neighbors to them and in their midst they were living.”
2 sn Verses 22-27 appear to elaborate on v. 21b.
3 tn Heb “them.”
4 tn Or “deceive.”
5 tn Heb “live in our midst?”