King James Version
Joshua 9:20 KJV
“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.”
Gibeonites
Joshua 9 — Context
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 ...”
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.”
Joshua 9:21 — “And the princes said unto them, Let them live; but let them be hewers of wood and drawers of water unto all the congrega...”