Verse 19

But all the leaders said to the assembly, 'We have sworn an oath to them by the LORD, the God of Israel, and now we cannot touch them.'

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Referenced Verses

  • Josh 9:20 : 20 This is what we will do to them: We will let them live so that no wrath will fall on us for breaking the oath we swore to them.
  • Eccl 8:2 : 2 I advise you to obey the king's command and stay true to your oath made before God.
  • Eccl 9:2 : 2 Everything happens alike to everyone: the same fate comes to the righteous and the wicked, to the good and the pure and the impure, to those who offer sacrifices and those who do not. As with the good person, so with the sinner; as with those who swear oaths, so with those who avoid them.
  • Jer 4:2 : 2 Then you will swear, 'As the LORD lives,' in truth, in justice, and in righteousness; the nations will bless themselves in Him, and in Him they will glory.