Joshua 9:19

Legacy Standard Bible

Then all the leaders said to the whole congregation, “We have sworn to them by Yahweh, the God of Israel, so now we cannot touch them.

Cross References

Ecclesiastes 8:2

I say, “Keep the command of the king because of the sworn oath before God.

Ecclesiastes 9:2

It is the same for all. There is one fate for the righteous and for the wicked; for the good, for the clean and for the unclean; for the man who offers a sacrifice and for the one who does not sacrifice. As the good man is, so is the sinner; as the swearer is, so is the one who is afraid to swear.

Jeremiah 4:2

And you will swear, ‘As Yahweh lives,’ In truth, in justice, and in righteousness; Then the nations will be blessed in Him, And in Him they will boast.”

Joshua 9:18

But the sons of Israel did not strike them down because the leaders of the congregation had sworn to them by Yahweh the God of Israel. And the whole congregation grumbled against the leaders.

Joshua 9:20

This we will do to them, even let them live, so that wrath will not be upon us for the oath which we swore to them.”