Joshua 9:19

And 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.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

But all the princes said unto all the congregation, We have sworn unto them by the LORD God of Israel: now therefore we may not touch them.

In Context

18And the children of Israel fought not with them, because all the princes swore to them by the Lord God of Israel; and all the congregation murmured at the princes.

20This 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.

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Cross References

Joshua 9:20This 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.

Ecclesiastes 9:2Vanity is in all: 1 There is one event to the righteous, and to the wicked; 1 To the good, and to the bad; 1 Both to the pure, and to the impure; 1 Both to him that sacrifices, and to him that sacrifices not: 1 As is the good, so is the sinner: 1 As is the swearer, even so is he that fears an oath. 1

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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