Joshua 9:19 BSB — MannaFest

Joshua 9:19

All the leaders answered, “We have sworn an oath to them by the LORD, the God of Israel, and now we cannot touch them.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

But all the princes said unto all the congregation, We have sworn unto them by Jehovah, the God of Israel: now therefore we may not touch them.

KJV

But all the princes said unto all the congregation, We have sworn unto them by the Lord God of Israel: now therefore we may not touch them.

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Commentary

2 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

But all the princes said to all the congregation,.... That is, all the princes that went to Gibeon addressed all the Israelites that were there: we have sworn unto them by the Lord God of Israel; by the Word of the Lord God, as the Targum; an oath is a solemn sacred thing, and not to be broken, and a good man will make conscience of it, and keep it, though he has sworn to his own hurt: and now therefore we may not touch them; neither take away their lives nor their substance.

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The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

We have sworn unto them - Although the Israelites were deceived in this business, and the covenant was made on a certain supposition which was afterwards proved to have had no foundation in truth, and consequently the whole engagement on the part of the deceived was hereby vitiated and rendered null and void; yet, because the elders had eaten with them, offered a covenant sacrifice, and sworn by Jehovah, they did not consider themselves at liberty to break the terms of the agreement, as far as the lives of the Gibeonites were concerned.

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Original language & word study

17 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיֹּאמְר֤וּ	vai.yo.me.Ru	and they said	H559 →
כָל־	khol-	all	H3605 →
הַנְּשִׂיאִים֙	ha.ne.si.'Im	the leaders	H5387 →
אֶל־	'el-	to	H413 →
כָּל־	kol-	all	H3605 →
הָ֣עֵדָ֔ה	ha.'e.Dah	the congregation	H5712 →
אֲנַ֙חְנוּ֙	'a.Nach.nu	we	H587 →
נִשְׁבַּ֣עְנוּ	nish.Ba'.nu	we have sworn an oath	H7650 →
לָהֶ֔ם	la.Hem	to <the> them
בַּֽיהוָ֖ה	ba.Yah.weh	by Yahweh	H3068 →
אֱלֹהֵ֣י	'e.lo.Hei	[the] God of	H430 →
יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל	Yis.ra.'El	Israel	H3478 →
וְעַתָּ֕ה	ve.'a.Tah	and therefore	H6258 →
לֹ֥א	lo'	not	H3808 →
נוּכַ֖ל	nu.Khal	we are able	H3201 →
לִנְגֹּ֥עַ	lin.Go.a'	to touch	H5060 →
בָּהֶֽם׃	ba.Hem	<in> <the> them

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Ecclesiastes 9:2
It is the same for all: There is a common fate for the righteous and the wicked, for the good and the bad, for the clean and the unclean, for the one who sacrifices…
leads to
- Malachi 3:5
  “Then I will draw near to you for judgment. And I will be a swift witness against sorcerers and adulterers and perjurers, against oppressors of the widowed and fatherless, and against those who defraud…
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Malachi 3:18
  So you will again distinguish between the righteous and the wicked, between those who serve God and those who do not.”
- Ecclesiastes 2:14–16
  The wise man has eyes in his head, but the fool walks in darkness. Yet I also came to realize that one fate overcomes them both.
Through
Jeremiah 4:2
and if you can swear, ‘As surely as the LORD lives,’ in truth, in justice, and in righteousness, then the nations will be blessed by Him, and in Him they will glory.”
leads to
- Isaiah 65:16
  Whoever invokes a blessing in the land will do so by the God of truth, and whoever takes an oath in the land will swear by the God of truth. For the former troubles…
- Jeremiah 9:24
  But let him who boasts boast in this, that he understands and knows Me, that I am the LORD, who exercises loving devotion, justice and righteousness on the earth—for I delight in these things,”…
- Genesis 22:18
  And through your offspring all nations of the earth will be blessed, because you have obeyed My voice.”
- Deuteronomy 10:20
  You are to fear the LORD your God and serve Him. Hold fast to Him and take your oaths in His name.
Through
Ecclesiastes 8:2
Keep the king’s command, I say, because of your oath before God.
leads to
- Proverbs 24:21
  My son, fear the LORD and the king, and do not associate with the rebellious.

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01Commentary

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02Original language & word study

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Where the connections lead

04Related verses

06About Joshua

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

About Joshua