Joshua 9:20

This, 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.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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 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.

21And the princes said unto them—Let them live. So they became hewers of wood and drawers of water unto all the assembly, as the princes spake unto them.

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Cross References

2 Samuel 21:1And there came to be a famine, in the days of David, for three years, year after year, so then David sought the face of Yahweh,—and Yahweh said—It respecteth Saul and his house, as to bloodshed, in that he put to death the Gibeonites.

Proverbs 20:25It is a snare to a man, that he should rashly cry Holy! and, after making vows, to reflect!

Ezekiel 17:15But he hath rebelled against him by sending his messengers to Egypt, that there should be given to him horses, and much people. Shall he thrive? Shall he escape that doeth these things? Shall he break a covenant and escape?

Zechariah 5:3Then said he unto me, This, is the curse, which is going forth over the face of all the earth,—Because, every one who stealeth, on the one side, hath in one way been let off, and, every one who sweareth, on the other side, hath in another way been let off,

Malachi 3:5Therefore will I draw near unto you for judgment, and will become a swift witness against the mutterers of incantations, and against the adulterers, and against them that swear to a falsehood,—and against them who rob the hire of the hireling, the widow and the fatherless, and that drive away the sojourner, and do not revere me, saith Yahweh of hosts.

1 Timothy 1:10fornicators, sodomites, man-stealers, liars, false- swearers,—and, if anything else, unto the healthful teaching, is opposed;—

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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