Yehoshua 9:26

26 And so did he unto them, and saved them out of the yad of the Bnei Yisroel, that they slaughtered them not.

Yehoshua 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.

Yehoshua 9:26 In-Context

24 And they answered Yehoshua, and said, Because it was certainly told thy avadim, how that Hashem Eloheicha commanded His Eved Moshe to give you kol HaAretz, and to destroy all the inhabitants of HaAretz from before you, therefore we were greatly afraid for nafshoteinu because of you, so we have done this thing.

25 And now, behold, we are in thine yad; as it seemeth tov and yashar unto thee to do unto us, do.

26 And so did he unto them, and saved them out of the yad of the Bnei Yisroel, that they slaughtered them not.

27 And Yehoshua made them that day woodcutters and water carriers for the Edah, and for the Mizbe’ach of Hashem, even unto this day, in the makom which He would choose.