Joshua 9:20

This we will do; take them alive, and we will preserve them: so there shall not be wrath against us by reason of the oath which we swore to them.

Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

This we will do to them; we will even let them live, lest wrath be upon us, because of the oath which we sware unto them.

In Context

19And the princes said to all the congregation: We have sworn to them by the Lord God of Israel, and now we shall not be able to touch them.

21They shall live, and shall be hewers of wood and drawers of water to all the congregation, as the princes said to them.

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Cross References

2 Samuel 21:1And there was a famine in the days of David three years, year after year; and David sought the face of the Lord. And the Lord said, There is + 21:1 Gr. iniquity.guilt upon Saul and his house because of his + 21:1 Lit. the death of his bloods.bloody murder, whereby he slew the Gabaonites.

Proverbs 20:25It is a snare to a man hastily to consecrate some of his own property: for in that case repentance comes after vowing.

Ezekiel 17:15And if he shall revolt from him, to send his messengers into Egypt, that they may give him horses and much people; shall he prosper? shall he that acts as an adversary be preserved? and shall he that transgresses the covenant be preserved?

Zechariah 5:3And he said to me, This is the curse that goes forth over the face of the whole earth: for every thief shall be punished with death on this side, and every false swearer shall be punished on that side.

Malachi 3:5And I will draw near to you in judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the witches, and against the adulteresses, and against them that swear falsely by my name, and against them that keep back the hireling's wages, and them that oppress the widow, and + 3:5 Gr. beat with the fist.afflict orphans, and that wrest the judgment of the stranger, and fear not me, saith the Lord Almighty.

Matthew Henry on Joshua 9:16-22

The League with the Gibeonites. ( b. c. 1450.) 15 And Joshua made peace with them, and made a league with them, to let them live: and the princes of the congregation sware unto them. 16 And it came to pass at the end of three days after they had made a league with them, that they heard that they were their neighbours, and that they dwelt among them. 17 And the children of Israel journeyed, and came unto their cities on the third day. Now their cities were Gibeon, and Chephirah, and Beeroth, and Kirjath-jearim. 18… Read the whole commentary →

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