Joshua 9:15-27 And Joshua will make peace to them, and will cut out to them a covenant to preserve them alive: and the chiefs of the assembly sware to them.

JuliaSmith⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹⁵ And Joshua will make peace to them, and will cut out to them a covenant to preserve them alive: and the chiefs of the assembly sware to them. ¹⁶ And it will be from the end of three days after they cut out a covenant to them, and they will hear that they are near to him, and they dwell in the midst of him. ¹⁷ And the sons of Israel will remove and will come to their cities in the third day. And their cities, Gibe-on and Chephirah and Barith, and Kirjath-Jearim. ¹⁸ And the sons of Israel smote them not, for the chiefs of the assembly sware to them by Jehovah the God of Israel. And all the assembly will murmur against the chiefs. ¹⁹ And all the chiefs will say to all the assembly, We sware to them by Jehovah the God of Israel: and now we shall not be able to touch upon them. ²⁰ This we will do to them, and preserve them alive; and anger shall not be upon us for the oath that we sware to them. ²¹ And the chiefs will say to them, They shall live; and shall be cutting wood and drawing water to all the assembly as the chiefs spake to them. ²² And Joshua will call to them and will speak to them, saying, For what did ye deceive us, saying, We are very far from you?. and ye dwell in the midst of us. ²³ And now ye are cursed, and there shall not be cut off from you to serve, and hewing wood and drawing water for the house of my God. ²⁴ And they will answer Joshua, and will say, Because being announced, it was announced to thy servants that Jehovah thy God commanded Moses his servant to give to you all the land, and to destroy all inhabiting the land from before you, and we shall be greatly afraid for our souls from your face; and we shall do this word. ²⁵ And now, behold us in thy hand: as is good and as is right in your eyes to do to us, do. ²⁶ And he will do so to them, and he will deliver them from the hand of the sons of Israel, and they slew them not ²⁷ And Joshua will give them in that day hewing wood and drawing water for the assembly and for the altar of Jehovah till this day, to the place which he shall choose.