Joshua 9:19-21

Amplified Bible, Classic Edition

¹⁹ But all the leaders said to all the assembly, We have sworn to them by the Lord, the God of Israel, so now we may not touch them.

²⁰ This we will do to them: we will let them live, lest wrath be upon us because of the oath which we swore to them.

²¹ And the leaders said to them, Let them live [and be our slaves]. So they became hewers of wood and drawers of water for all the assembly, just as the leaders had said of them.