Joshua 9:19
Good News Translation
but they answered, "We have made our solemn promise to them in the name of the LORD God of Israel. Now we cannot harm them.

New Revised Standard Version
But all the leaders said to all the congregation, “We have sworn to them by the LORD, the God of Israel, and now we must not touch them.

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

Douay-Rheims Bible
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.

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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.

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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:

Ecclesiastes 8:2 I observe the mouth of the king, and the commandments of the oath of God.

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.

Jeremiah 4:2 And thou shalt swear: As the Lord liveth, in truth, and in judgment, and in justice: and the Gentiles shall bless him, and shall praise him.

Context
The Deceit of the Gibeonites
18And 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. 19And 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.20But 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:…
Cross References
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.

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
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