"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."
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Then there was a famine in the days of David three years, year after year; and David inquired of the LORD. And the LORD answered, It is for Saul, and for his bloody house, because he slew the Gibeonites.
And he also rebelled against king Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him swear by God: but he stiffened his neck, and hardened his heart from turning unto the LORD God of Israel.
It is a snare to the man who devoureth that which is holy, and after vows to make enquiry.
Say now to the rebellious house, Know ye not what these things mean? tell them, Behold, the king of Babylon is come to Jerusalem, and hath taken the king thereof, and the princes thereof, and led them with him to Babylon;
Then said he unto me, This is the curse that goeth forth over the face of the whole earth: for every one that stealeth shall be cut off as on this side according to it; and every one that sweareth shall be cut off as on that side according to it.
And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger from his right, and fear not me, saith the LORD of hosts.
Without understanding, covenantbreakers, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful:
For whoremongers, for them that defile themselves with mankind, for menstealers, for liars, for perjured persons, and if there be any other thing that is contrary to sound doctrine;
This is what we will do to them: we will not put them to death, for fear that wrath may come on us because of our oath to them.
This we will do to them, and let them live, lest wrath come upon us, because of the oath which we swore unto them.
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.
This we will do to them; we will even let them live, lest wrath be upon us, because of the oath which we swore to them.
This we will do to them, and let them live; lest wrath be on us, because of the oath which we swore to them.
this we do to them, and have kept them alive, and wrath is not upon us, because of the oath which we have sworn to them.'