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Joshua 9:20 KJV
Joshua · chapter 9 · verse 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 9:20 · King James Version
Joshua 9:20 in context
18And the children of Israel smote them not, because the princes of the congregation had sworn unto them by the LORD God of Israel. And all the congregation murmured against the princes.
19But 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.
20This 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.
21And the princes said unto them, Let them live; but let them be hewers of wood and drawers of water unto all the congregation; as the princes had promised them.
22And Joshua called for them, and he spake unto them, saying, Wherefore have ye beguiled us, saying, We are very far from you; when ye dwell among us?
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- wrathqetsepha splinterH7110 →
- livechâyâhto live, whether literally or figurativelyH2421 →
- oathshᵉbûwʻâhproperly, something swornH7621 →
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Here is, I. The treaty soon concluded with the Gibeonites, Jos 9:15. The thing was not done with much formality, but in short, 1. They agreed to let them live, and more the Gibeonites did not ask. In a common war this would have been but a small matter to be granted;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 15-21