Joshua 9:19
And all the princes said unto all the assembly, We, have sworn unto them, by Yahweh, God of Israel,—now, therefore, we may not touch them.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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Joshua 9:20This, will we do unto them, even let them live,—lest there come on us wrath, because of the oath which we have sworn unto them.
Ecclesiastes 9:2Every one, was like every one else, one destiny, had the righteous and the lawless, the good and the pure and the impure, and he that sacrificed, and he that did not sacrifice,—as the good man, so, the sinner, he that took an oath, as he who, of an oath, stood in fear.
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 →