Then Joshua made a treaty of peace with them to let them live, and the leaders of the assembly ratified it by oath.

于是约书亚与他们讲和，与他们立约，容他们活着；会众的首领也向他们起誓。

于是约书亚与他们建立和好关系，与他们立约，让他们存活；会众的领袖也向他们起誓。

于是约书亚与他们建立和好关系，与他们立约，让他们存活；会众的领袖也向他们起誓。

约书亚与他们立了和平盟约，容他们存活，会众的首领也向他们起誓守约。

于是约书亚与他们议和，和他们立约，容他们存活；会众的首领也向他们起了誓。

於是約書亞與他們講和，與他們立約，容他們活着；會眾的首領也向他們起誓。

於是約書亞與他們建立和好關係，與他們立約，讓他們存活；會眾的領袖也向他們起誓。

於是約書亞與他們建立和好關係，與他們立約，讓他們存活；會眾的領袖也向他們起誓。

約書亞與他們立了和平盟約，容他們存活，會眾的首領也向他們起誓守約。

於是約書亞與他們議和，和他們立約，容他們存活；會眾的首領也向他們起了誓。

於是約書亞竟跟他們講和，與他們立約，容他們活着；會眾的首領也向他們起誓。

約書亞與之修好立約、容其生存、會中牧伯向之發誓、

約書亞與基遍人修好立約、以存其生。會長加以誓。

於是約書亞與之議和立約、以存其生、會眾牧伯亦與彼立誓、

Joshua made a peace treaty with the people who had come. He agreed to let them live. The leaders of the community gave their word that they agreed with the treaty.

And Joshua made peace with them and made a covenant with them, to let them live, and the leaders of the congregation swore to them.

Then Joshua made a peace treaty with them and guaranteed their safety, and the leaders of the community ratified their agreement with a binding oath.

So Joshua established peace with them and made a treaty to let them live, and the leaders of the community swore an oath to them.

And Joshua made peace with them and made a covenant with them, to let them live; and the leaders of the congregation swore an oath to them.

So Joshua made peace with them, and made a covenant with them to let them live; and the rulers of the congregation swore to them.

And Joshua made peace with them, and made a covenant with them, to let them live: and the princes of the congregation sware unto them.

So Joshua established peace with them and made a treaty to let them live, and the leaders of the community swore an oath to them.

And Joshua made peace with them, and made a league with them, to let them live: and the princes of the congregation sware unto them.

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

Joshua made peace with them, and made a covenant with them, to let them live. The princes of the congregation swore to them.

The king summoned the Gibeonites and spoke to them.( Now the Gibeonites were not a part of Israel but were survivors of the Amorites; the Israelites had sworn to spare them, but Saul in his zeal for Israel and Judah had tried to annihilate them.)

Except for the Hivites living in Gibeon, not one city made a treaty of peace with the Israelites, who took them all in battle.

“ Now then, please swear to me by the Lord that you will show kindness to my family, because I have shown kindness to you. Give me a sure signthat you will spare the lives of my father and mother, my brothers and sisters, and all who belong to them— and that you will save us from death.”“ Our lives for your lives!” the men assured her.“ If you don’t tell what we are doing, we will treat you kindly and faithfully when the Lord gives us the land.”So she let them down by a rope through the window, for the house she lived in was part of the city wall.She said to them,“ Go to the hills so the pursuers will not find you. Hide yourselves there three days until they return, and then go on your way.”Now the men had said to her,“ This oath you made us swear will not be binding on usunless, when we enter the land, you have tied this scarlet cord in the window through which you let us down, and unless you have brought your father and mother, your brothers and all your family into your house.If any of them go outside your house into the street, their blood will be on their own heads; we will not be responsible. As for those who are in the house with you, their blood will be on our head if a hand is laid on them.

Joshua said to the two men who had spied out the land,“ Go into the prostitute’s house and bring her out and all who belong to her, in accordance with your oath to her.”So the young men who had done the spying went in and brought out Rahab, her father and mother, her brothers and sisters and all who belonged to her. They brought out her entire family and put them in a place outside the camp of Israel.Then they burned the whole city and everything in it, but they put the silver and gold and the articles of bronze and iron into the treasury of the Lord’s house.But Joshua spared Rahab the prostitute, with her family and all who belonged to her, because she hid the men Joshua had sent as spies to Jericho— and she lives among the Israelites to this day.

Do not make a covenant with them or with their gods.

If at any time I announce that a nation or kingdom is to be uprooted, torn down and destroyed,and if that nation I warned repents of its evil, then I will relent and not inflict on it the disaster I had planned.

When you march up to attack a city, make its people an offer of peace.If they accept and open their gates, all the people in it shall be subject to forced labor and shall work for you.