King James Version
Joshua 9:19 KJV
“But all the princes said unto all the congregation, We have sworn unto them by the LORD God of Israel: now therefore we may not touch them.”
Treaty
Joshua 9 — Context
Joshua 9:18 — “And the children of Israel smote them not, because the princes of the congregation had sworn unto them by the LORD God o...”
Joshua 9:19 — “But all the princes said unto all the congregation, We have sworn unto them by the LORD God of Israel: now therefore we may not touch them.”
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 sware unto them...”