Joshua 9:19

Lighthouse Bible 2006

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

Cross References

Ecclesiastes 8:2

I counsel you to keep the king’s commandment, and that because of the oath of God.

Ecclesiastes 9:2

All things come alike to all: there is one event to the righteous, and to the wicked; to the good and to the clean, and to the unclean; to him that sacrifices, and to him that does not sacrifice: as is the good, so is the sinner; and he that swears, as he that fears an oath.

Jeremiah 4:2

And you shall swear, The LORD lives, in truth, in judgment, and in righteousness; and the nations shall bless themselves in him, and in him shall they glory.

Joshua 9:18

And the children of Israel did not strike them, because the princes of the congregation had sworn to them by the LORD God of Israel. And all the congregation murmured against the princes.

Joshua 9:20

This we will do to them; we will even let them live, so that wrath is not upon us, because of the oath which we swore to them.