Joshua 9:26

26 So Joshua saved the people of Gibeon. He didn't let the people of Israel kill them.

Joshua 9:26 Meaning and Commentary

Joshua 9:26

And so did he unto them
What was good and right, he showed them favour, and did them justice:

and delivered them out of the hand of the children of Israel, that
they slew them not;
who were so incensed against them for imposing on them in the manner they did, that they were ready many of them to draw their swords and slay them; and would have done it, had it not been for the interposition of Joshua, and the orders he gave to the contrary.

Joshua 9:26 In-Context

24 They answered Joshua, "We were clearly told what the LORD your God had commanded his servant Moses to do. He commanded him to give you the whole land. He also ordered him to wipe out all of its people to make room for you. So we were afraid you would kill us. That's why we tricked you.

25 We are now in your hands. Do to us what you think is good and right."

26 So Joshua saved the people of Gibeon. He didn't let the people of Israel kill them.

27 That day he made them cut wood and carry water. They had to serve the community of Israel. They also had to serve at the altar of the LORD at the place where he would choose to put it. And they still serve the people of Israel to this very day.