Joshua 9:19

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

And they answered them: We have sworn to them in the name of the Lord the God of Israel, and therefore we may not touch them.

Cross References

Ecclesiastes 8:2

I observe the mouth of the king, and the commandments of the oath of God.

Jeremiah 4:2

And thou shalt swear: As the Lord liveth in truth and in judgement and in justice: and the Gentiles shall bless him and shall praise him.

Ecclesiastes 9:2

But all things are kept uncertain for the time to come, because all things equally happen to the just and to the wicked, to the good and to the evil, to the clean and to the unclean, to him that offereth victims, and to him that despiseth sacrifices. As the good is, so also is the sinner: as the perjured, so he also that sweareth truth.

Joshua 9:20

But this we will do to them: Let their lives be saved, lest the wrath of the Lord be stirred up against us, if we should be forsworn.

Joshua 9:18

And they slew them not, because the princes of the multitude had sworn in the name of the Lord the God of Israel. Then all the common people murmured against the princes.