Joshua 9:20
Source: Septuagint
20This we will do; take them alive, and we will preserve them: so there shall not be wrath against us by reason of the oath which we swore to them.
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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.
— Joshua 9:20 —
21They shall live, and shall be hewers of wood and drawers of water to all the congregation, as the princes said to them.
22And Joshua called them together and said to them, Why have ye deceived me, saying, We live very far from you; whereas ye are fellow countrymen of those who dwell among us?