Joshua 9:15 (WEB)
Joshua made peace with them, and made a covenant with them, to let them live. The princes of the congregation swore to them.
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“But no one learns, unless he has had experience, how difficult it is both to get rid of a habit of swearing, and never to do rashly what necessity sometimes compels him to do.” — editor's note: Augustin is somewhat perplexed about the meaning, but decides the injunction to be directed against the abuse of the oath, not to forbid it wholly. The oath…
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Joshua 9:15 and 2 Kings 11:4 share the same wording (11 words).
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