- 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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- 以色列人与他们立约之后,过了三天才听见他们是近邻,住在以色列人中间的。
- 以色列人起行,第三天到了他们的城邑,就是基遍,基非拉,比录,基列耶琳。
- 因为会众的首领已经指着耶和华以色列的神向他们起誓,所以以色列人不击杀他们。全会众就向首领发怨言。
- 众首领对全会众说,我们已经指着耶和华以色列的神向他们起誓,现在我们不能害他们。
- 我们要如此待他们,容他们活着,免得有忿怒因我们所起的誓临到我们身上。
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