Joshua 9:19

Webster Bible (1833)

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 thee to keep the king's commandment, and that in regard 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 sacrificeth, and to him that sacrificeth not: as is the good, so is the sinner; and he that sweareth, as he that feareth an oath.

Jeremiah 4:2

And thou shalt swear, The LORD liveth, 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 smote them not, 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, lest wrath be upon us, because of the oath which we swore to them.