Joshua 9:17

¹⁵And Joshua made peace with them, and they made a covenant with them to preserve them; and the princes of the congregation swore to them.

¹⁶And it came to pass three days after they had made a covenant with them, they heard that they were near neighbors, and that they dwelt among them.

— Joshua 9:17 —

¹⁸And the children of Israel fought not with them, because all the princes swore to them by the Lord God of Israel; and all the congregation murmured at the princes.

¹⁹And the princes said to all the congregation: We have sworn to them by the Lord God of Israel, and now we shall not be able to touch them.