rsv Joshua:9:16-21
rsv@Joshua:9:16 @ At the end of three days after they had made a covenant with them, they heard that they were their neighbors, and that they dwelt among them.
rsv@Joshua:9:17 @ And the people of Israel set out and reached their cities on the third day. Now their cities were Gibeon, Chephi'rah, Be-er'oth, and Kir'iath-je'arim.
rsv@Joshua:9:18 @ But the people of Israel did not kill them, because the leaders of the congregation had sworn to them by the LORD, the God of Israel. Then all the congregation murmured against the leaders.
rsv@Joshua:9:19 @ But all the leaders said to all the congregation, "We have sworn to them by the LORD, the God of Israel, and now we may not touch them.
rsv@Joshua:9:20 @ This we will do to them, and let them live, lest wrath be upon us, because of the oath which we swore to them."
rsv@Joshua:9:21 @ And the leaders said to them, "Let them live." So they became hewers of wood and drawers of water for all the congregation, as the leaders had said of them.