There is a parallelism within a chiasm in #joshua 9:14-18. The parallelism highlights Israel's discovery of Gibeon's deception. After 3 days, the Israelites died to ignorance and the Gibeonites were resurrected to become new Israelites.

a--V14 – Israel ate the provisions of Gibeon
b----Did not ask counsel of YHVH
c------V15 – Joshua and the leaders of the congregation made a covenant with the Gibeonites to let them live.
d--------V16 – At the end of three days
e-------------They heard that they were their neighbors
d--------V17 – Israel reached their cities on the third day.
e-------------These were their cities…
c------V18 – They let the Gibeonites live because the leaders of the congregation had sworn to them.
b----By YHVH, the God of Israel
a--All the congregation murmured against the leaders

#biblestudy #chiasm #biblepatterns