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Joshua 9:20

This is how we will treat them: We will let them live, so that no wrath will fall on us because of the oath we swore to them.”

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ASV

This we will do to them, and let them live; lest wrath be upon us, because of the oath which we sware unto them.

KJV

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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14 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
זֹ֛אתzotthisH2063 →
נַעֲשֶׂ֥הna.'a.Sehwe will doH6213 →
לָהֶ֖םla.Hemto <the> them
וְהַחֲיֵ֣הve.ha.cha.Yehand we will let liveH2421 →
אוֹתָ֑ם'o.Tam<obj.> themH853 →
וְלֹֽא־ve.lo'-and notH3808 →
יִֽהְיֶ֤הyih.Yehit will beH1961 →
עָלֵ֙ינוּ֙'a.Lei.nutowards usH5921 →
קֶ֔צֶףKe.tzefwrathH7110 →
עַל־'al-onH5921 →
הַשְּׁבוּעָ֖הha.she.vu.'Ahthe oathH7621 →
אֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-whichH834 →
נִשְׁבַּ֥עְנוּnish.Ba'.nuwe sworeH7650 →
לָהֶֽם׃la.Hemto <the> them

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Exodus 20:7You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain, for the LORD will not leave anyone unpunished who takes His name in vain.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 laborers of their wages and deny justice to the foreigner but do not fear Me,” says the LORD of Hosts.Ezekiel 17:12–21“Now say to this rebellious house: ‘Do you not know what these things mean?’ Tell them, ‘Behold, the king of Babylon came to Jerusalem, carried off its king and officials, and brought them back with him to Babylon.Proverbs 20:25It is a trap for a man to dedicate something rashly, only later to reconsider his vows.1 Timothy 1:10for the sexually immoral, for homosexuals, for slave traders and liars and perjurers, and for anyone else who is averse to sound teaching2 Samuel 21:1–6During the reign of David there was a famine for three successive years, and David sought the face of the LORD. And the LORD said, “It is because of the blood shed by Saul and his family, because he killed the Gibeonites.”Zechariah 5:3–4Then he told me, “This is the curse that is going out over the face of all the land, for according to one side of the scroll, every thief will be removed; and according to the other side, every perjurer will be removed.2 Chronicles 36:13He also rebelled against King Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him swear by God. But Zedekiah stiffened his neck and hardened his heart against turning to the LORD, the God of Israel.Romans 1:31They are senseless, faithless, heartless, merciless.Ezekiel 17:16‘As surely as I live,’ declares the Lord GOD, ‘he will die in Babylon, in the land of the king who enthroned him, whose oath he despised and whose covenant he broke.Genesis 24:8And if the woman is unwilling to follow you, then you are released from this oath of mine. Only do not take my son back there.”Joshua 9:19All the leaders answered, “We have sworn an oath to them by the LORD, the God of Israel, and now we cannot touch them.

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The Walls of Jericho Fall Down — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
The Walls of Jericho Fall Down — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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