Joshua 9:15-20

15And 1Joshua made peace with them and made a covenant with them, to let them live; and the leaders of the congregation swore an oath to them.

16However, it came about at the end of three days after they had made a covenant with them, that they heard that they were neighbors and that they were living 2within their land. 17Then the sons of Israel set out and came to their cities on the third day. Now their cities were 3Gibeon, Chephirah, Beeroth, and Kiriath-jearim. 18But the sons of Israel did not 4attack them because the leaders of the congregation had sworn to them by the Lord, the God of Israel. And the whole congregation grumbled against the leaders. 19But all the leaders said to the whole congregation, “We have sworn to them by the Lord, the God of Israel, and now we cannot touch them. 20This we will do to them, even let them live, so that wrath will not be on us because of the oath which we swore to them.”