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Joshua 9:18-20

18And thechildrenבְּנֵ֣יbe.NeiH1121ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478smoteהִכּוּם֙hi.KumH5221them not, because theprincesנְשִׂיאֵ֣יne.si.'EiH5387of thecongregationהָֽעֵדָ֔הha.'e.DahH5712hadswornנִשְׁבְּע֤וּnish.be.'UH7650to them by theLORDבַּֽיהוָ֖הba.Yah.wehH3068Godאֱלֹהֵ֣י'e.lo.HeiH430ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֑לYis.ra.'ElH3478. And all thecongregationהָעֵדָ֖הha.'e.DahH5712murmuredוַיִּלֹּ֥נוּvai.yi.Lo.nuH3885against theprincesהַנְּשִׂיאִֽים׃ha.ne.si.'ImH5387.

19But all theprincesהַנְּשִׂיאִים֙ha.ne.si.'ImH5387saidוַיֹּאמְר֤וּvai.yo.me.RuH559to all thecongregationהָ֣עֵדָ֔הha.'e.DahH5712, We haveswornנִשְׁבַּ֣עְנוּnish.Ba'.nuH7650to them by theLORDבַּֽיהוָ֖הba.Yah.wehH3068Godאֱלֹהֵ֣י'e.lo.HeiH430ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֑לYis.ra.'ElH3478: now therefore wemayנוּכַ֖לnu.KhalH3201nottouchלִנְגֹּ֥עַlin.Go.a'H5060them.

20This we willdoנַעֲשֶׂ֥הna.'a.SehH6213to them; we will even let themliveוְהַחֲיֵ֣הve.ha.cha.YehH2421, lestwrathקֶ֔צֶףKe.tzefH7110be upon us, because of theoathהַשְּׁבוּעָ֖הha.she.vu.'AhH7621which wesworeנִשְׁבַּ֥עְנוּnish.Ba'.nuH7650to them.

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