Joshua 9:7

9:7 The men of Israel said to the Hivites, “Perhaps you live near us. ¹  So how can we make a treaty with you?”

Joshua 9:15-16

9:15 Joshua made a peace treaty with them and agreed to let them live. The leaders of the community ²  sealed it with an oath. ³ 

9:16 Three days after they made the treaty with them, the Israelites found out they were from the local area and lived nearby. ⁴ 

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¹ tn Heb “in our midst.”

² tn Or “assembly.”

³ tn Heb “Joshua made peace with them and made a treaty with them to let them live, and the leaders of the community swore an oath to them.”

⁴ 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.”