rsv Joshua:9:18-21 SEEK
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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 .
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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 .
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This we will do to them ,
and let them live ,
lest wrath be upon us ,
because of the oath which we swore to them ."
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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 .