Joshua 9:20 "This we will do to them, even let them live, so that wrath will not be upon us for the oath which we swore to them."
Joshua 9:19 But all the leaders said to the whole congregation, "We have sworn to them by the LORD, the God of Israel, and now we cannot touch them.
Joshua 9:21 The leaders said to them, "Let them live." So they became hewers of wood and drawers of water for the whole congregation, just as the leaders had spoken to them.
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