Joshua 9:18

New American Bible - revised edition

but did not attack them, because the leaders of the community had sworn to them by the Lord, the God of Israel. When the entire community grumbled against the leaders,

Cross References

2 Samuel 21:7

The king, however, spared Meribbaal, son of Jonathan, son of Saul, because of the Lord’s oath that formed a bond between David and Saul’s son Jonathan.

Psalm 15:4

Who disdains the wicked, but honors those who fear the Lord; Who keeps an oath despite the cost,

Ecclesiastes 5:2

As dreams come along with many cares, so a fool’s voice along with a multitude of words.

Ecclesiastes 5:6

Despite many dreams, futilities, and a multitude of words, fear God! Gain and Loss of Goods.

Ecclesiastes 9:2

Everything is the same for everybody: the same lot for the just and the wicked, for the good, for the clean and the unclean, for the one who offers sacrifice and the one who does not. As it is for the good, so it is for the sinner; as it is for the one who takes an oath, so it is for the one who fears an oath.

Numbers 30:3

When a man makes a vow to the Lord or binds himself under oath to a pledge, he shall not violate his word, but must fulfill exactly the promise he has uttered.

Deuteronomy 23:22

When you make a vow to the Lord, your God, you shall not delay in fulfilling it; for the Lord, your God, will surely require it of you and you will be held guilty.

Deuteronomy 23:23

Should you refrain from making a vow, you will not be held guilty.

Deuteronomy 23:24

But whatever your tongue utters you must be careful to do, just as you freely vowed to the Lord, your God, with your own mouth.

Joshua 9:17

The third day on the road, the Israelites came to their cities of Gibeon, Chephirah, Beeroth, and Kiriath-jearim,

Joshua 9:19

these all remonstrated with the community, “We have sworn to them by the Lord, the God of Israel, and so we cannot harm them.