# for them

The word "them" here refers to the Gibeonites.

# to this day

"even up to now." This means that the people had continued to do these things even up to the day that the writer was living.

# translationWords

* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/joshua]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/israel]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/gibeon]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/altar]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/yahweh]]