'Treaty' in the Bible

They went to Joshua in the camp at Gilgal and said to him and the men of Israel, “We have come from a distant land. Please make a treaty with us.”

The men of Israel replied to the Hivites, “Perhaps you live among us. How can we make a treaty with you?”

So our elders and all the inhabitants of our land told us, ‘Take provisions with you for the journey; go and meet them and say, “We are your servants. Please make a treaty with us.”’

So Joshua established peace with them and made a treaty to let them live, and the leaders of the community swore an oath to them.

Three days after making the treaty with them, they heard that the Gibeonites were their neighbors, living among them.