And the children of Israel camped in Gilgal, and kept the Passover on the fourteenth day of the month at evening on the wilderness plains of Jericho.

And they went to Joshua, to the camp at Gilgal, and said to him and to the men of Israel, We have come from a distant land; now therefore, make a treaty with us.

And she saddled a donkey, and said to her servant, Lead on and go; do not slacken the pace for me unless I say so.

And Joshua made peace with them, and made a treaty with them to let them live; and the leaders of the congregation swore to them.

And they answered Joshua and said, Because it was reported and told to your servants that Jehovah your God had commanded His servant Moses to give you all the land, and to destroy all the inhabitants of the land before you; therefore we were greatly afraid for our souls because of you, and have done this thing.

And now behold, we are in your hands; do with us as seems good and right in your eyes to do.

For Jehovah is our Judge, Jehovah is our Lawgiver, Jehovah is our King; He will save us.

And they gave them Kirjath Arba (Arba was the father of Anak), which is Hebron, in the mountains of Judah, with the common land surrounding it.

So I took the heads of your tribes, wise and knowledgeable men, and made them heads over you, rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, rulers of tens, and officials for your tribes.

As the mountains are around Jerusalem, so Jehovah is around His people from this time forth and forever.

And Mary arose in those days and went into the hill country with haste, to a city of Judah,