Joshua 9:26
Good News Translation
So this is what Joshua did: he protected them and did not allow the people of Israel to kill them.

New Revised Standard Version
This is what he did for them: he saved them from the Israelites; and they did not kill them.

Contemporary English Version
Joshua did not let the Israelites kill the Gibeonites,

New American Bible
Joshua did what he had decided: while he saved them from being killed by the Israelites,

Douay-Rheims Bible
So Joshua did as he had said, and delivered them from the hand of the children of Israel, that they should not be slain.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

So Joshua did as he had said, and delivered them from the hand of the children of Israel, that they should not be slain.

Context
The Deceit of the Gibeonites
25And now we are in thy hand: deal with us as it seemeth good and right unto thee. 26So Joshua did as he had said, and delivered them from the hand of the children of Israel, that they should not be slain.27And he gave orders in that day, that they should be in the service of all the people, and of the altar of the Lord, hewing wood, and carrying water, until this present time, in the place which the Lord hath chosen.…
Cross References
Joshua 9:25
And now we are in thy hand: deal with us as it seemeth good and right unto thee.

Joshua 9:27
And he gave orders in that day, that they should be in the service of all the people, and of the altar of the Lord, hewing wood, and carrying water, until this present time, in the place which the Lord hath chosen.

Joshua 9:25
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