Joshua 9:15-20

15So Joshua made peace with them by making a treaty which allowed them to live. The leaders of the congregation swore to it with an oath.

16But three days after the treaty was made, the Israelites heard that these people were their neighbors and lived with them.

17The Israelites broke camp. They came to the cities of Gibeon, Chephirah, Beeroth, and Kiriath Jearim two days later.

18The Israelites didn’t destroy these other people, because the leaders of the congregation had sworn an oath about them to the Lord God of Israel. The whole congregation complained about the leaders.

19But all the leaders said to them, “We have sworn an oath about them to the Lord God of Israel, so we cannot touch them now.

20We must let them live to avoid ⌞the Lord’s⌟ anger because of the oath we swore.”