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OET (OET-LV) And_he/it_made to/for_them thus and_he_delivered them from_the_hand_of the_people_of Yisrāʼēl/(Israel) and_not they_killed_them.
The Gibeonite people lived near Ai. When they heard that Joshua had defeated Ai, they were afraid that he would conquer and kill them too. So, they sent messengers who pretended they had come from a long distance away. They deceived the Israelites and made a treaty of friendship with them.
Later, the Israelites learned that the Gibeonites lied to them, and that they lived quite close to them. They could not kill them because of the treaty, so they made them be water carriers and woodcutters for the Israelites.
Here are some other possible section headings:
The people of Gibeon
The Gibeon people tricked the Israelites and made a treaty with them
So Joshua did this and delivered them from the hands of the Israelites,
¶ So Joshua saved them from the Israelites,
¶ So Joshua rescued the Gibeonites from them
So Joshua did this and delivered them: The two clauses Joshua did this and delivered them indicate that Joshua decided to save the lives of the Gibeonites. These clauses can be combined as one clause, for example,
So Joshua saved them from the Israelites. (NIV)
So Joshua rescued them (GW)
from the hands of the Israelites: The phrase from the hands of the Israelites indicates that Joshua did not allow the Israelites to kill the Gibeonites.
and they did not kill the Gibeonites.
and they did not kill them.
and the Israelites did not kill them.
and they did not kill the Gibeonites: The clause they did not kill the Gibeonites states the same meaning as 26a in different words. Joshua kept the Israelites from killing the Gibeonites, and the Israelites did not kill them.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / synecdoche
וַיַּצֵּ֥ל אוֹתָ֛ם מִיַּ֥ד בְּנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל
and,he_delivered ,them from,the_hand_of sons_of Yisrael
The author is using one part of the sons of Israel, their hand, to represent all of them in the potential act of killing the Gibeonites. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent expression or state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [And he delivered them from the sons of Israel]
9:1-27 Joshua once again failed to consult God (9:14; cp. 7:2-4), this time over an unexpected request. Other ancient Near Eastern accounts tell only of a leader’s triumphs; this author also recorded the shortcomings of Joshua and Israel’s elders. The real hero of the story is God, whose accomplishments the author wished to tell.
OET (OET-LV) And_he/it_made to/for_them thus and_he_delivered them from_the_hand_of the_people_of Yisrāʼēl/(Israel) and_not they_killed_them.
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Hebrew or Greek words that they’re translated from.
Acknowledgements: The Hebrew text, lemmas, and morphology are all thanks to the OSHB and some of the glosses are from Macula Hebrew.