- 以色列人與他們立約之後、過了三天、纔聽見他們是近鄰、住在以色列人中間的。
- 以色列人起行、第三天到了他們的城邑、就是基遍、基非拉、比錄、基列耶琳。
- 因為會眾的首領、已經指著耶和華以色列的 神向他們起誓、所以以色列人不擊殺他們.全會眾就向首領發怨言。
- 眾首領對全會眾說、我們已經指著耶和華以色列的 神向他們起誓.現在我們不能害他們。
- 我們要如此待他們、容他們活著.免得有忿怒因我們所起的誓臨到我們身上。
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- Three days after they made the treaty with the Gibeonites, the Israelites heard that they were neighbors, living near them.
- So the Israelites set out and on the third day came to their cities: Gibeon, Kephirah, Beeroth and Kiriath Jearim.
- But the Israelites did not attack them, because the leaders of the assembly had sworn an oath to them by the LORD, the God of Israel. The whole assembly grumbled against the leaders,
- but all the leaders answered, "We have given them our oath by the LORD, the God of Israel, and we cannot touch them now.
- This is what we will do to them: We will let them live, so that wrath will not fall on us for breaking the oath we swore to them."
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