Joshua 9:19

Webster's Bible (1833)

But all the princes said to all the congregation, We have sworn to them by Yahweh, the God of Israel: now therefore we may not touch them.

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Referenced Verses

  • Josh 9:20 : 20 This we will do to them, and let them live; lest wrath be on us, because of the oath which we swore to them.
  • Eccl 8:2 : 2 I say, "Keep the king's command!" because of the oath to God.
  • Eccl 9:2 : 2 All things come alike to all. There is one event to the righteous and to the wicked; to the good, to the clean, to the unclean, to him who sacrifices, and to him who doesn't sacrifice. As is the good, so is the sinner; he who takes an oath, as he who fears an oath.
  • Jer 4:2 : 2 and you shall swear, As Yahweh lives, in truth, in justice, and in righteousness; and the nations shall bless themselves in him, and in him shall they glory.

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    18The children of Israel didn't strike them, because the princes of the congregation had sworn to them by Yahweh, the God of Israel. All the congregation murmured against the princes.

  • Josh 9:20-22
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    20This we will do to them, and let them live; lest wrath be on us, because of the oath which we swore to them.

    21The princes said to them, Let them live: so they became wood cutters and drawers of water to all the congregation, as the princes had spoken to them.

    22Joshua called for them, and he spoke to them, saying, Why have you deceived us, saying, We are very far from you; when you dwell among us?

  • Josh 9:15
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    15Joshua made peace with them, and made a covenant with them, to let them live: and the princes of the congregation swore to them.

  • Neh 5:12
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    12Then said they, We will restore them, and will require nothing of them; so will we do, even as you say. Then I called the priests, and took an oath of them, that they would do according to this promise.

  • 2 Chr 15:14
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    14They swore to Yahweh with a loud voice, and with shouting, and with trumpets, and with cornets.

  • Josh 9:11
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    11Our elders and all the inhabitants of our country spoke to us, saying, Take provision in your hand for the journey, and go to meet them, and tell them, We are your servants: and now make you a covenant with us.

  • Josh 2:17
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    17The men said to her, We will be guiltless of this your oath which you have made us to swear.

  • Judg 21:7
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    7How shall we do for wives for those who remain, seeing we have sworn by Yahweh that we will not give them of our daughters to wives?

  • Judg 21:18
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    18However we may not give them wives of our daughters, for the children of Israel had sworn, saying, Cursed be he who gives a wife to Benjamin.

  • Neh 9:38
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    38Yet for all this we make a sure covenant, and write it; and our princes, our Levites, [and] our priests, seal to it.

  • Neh 10:29-30
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    29They joined with their brothers, their nobles, and entered into a curse, and into an oath, to walk in God's law, which was given by Moses the servant of God, and to observe and do all the commandments of Yahweh our Lord, and his ordinances and his statutes;

    30and that we would not give our daughters to the peoples of the land, nor take their daughters for our sons;

  • Dan 9:11
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    11Yes, all Israel have transgressed your law, even turning aside, that they should not obey your voice: therefore has the curse been poured out on us, and the oath that is written in the law of Moses the servant of God; for we have sinned against him.

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    1Now the men of Israel had sworn in Mizpah, saying, There shall not any of us give his daughter to Benjamin as wife.

  • Judg 21:5
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    5The children of Israel said, Who is there among all the tribes of Israel who didn't come up in the assembly to Yahweh? For they had made a great oath concerning him who didn't come up to Yahweh to Mizpah, saying, He shall surely be put to death.

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    20But if you utter this our business, then we shall be guiltless of your oath which you have made us to swear.

  • Ezra 10:5
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    5Then arose Ezra, and made the chiefs of the priests, the Levites, and all Israel, to swear that they would do according to this word. So they swore.

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    12They said to him, We have come down to bind you, that we may deliver you into the hand of the Philistines. Samson said to them, Swear to me that you will not fall on me yourselves.

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    28They said, "We saw plainly that Yahweh was with you. We said, 'Let there now be an oath between us, even between us and you, and let us make a covenant with you,

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    9If they say thus to us, Wait until we come to you; then we will stand still in our place, and will not go up to them.

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    10The elders of Gilead said to Jephthah, Yahweh shall be witness between us; surely according to your word so will we do.

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  • Josh 9:6-7
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    6They went to Joshua to the camp at Gilgal, and said to him, and to the men of Israel, We are come from a far country: now therefore make you a covenant with us.

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    24and if we have not [rather] out of carefulness done this, [and] of purpose, saying, In time to come your children might speak to our children, saying, What have you to do with Yahweh, the God of Israel?

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    14The men said to her, Our life for yours, if you don't utter this our business; and it shall be, when Yahweh gives us the land, that we will deal kindly and truly with you.

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