Joshua 9:19-22

¹⁹And they answered them: We have sworn to them in the name of the Lord the God of Israel, and therefore we may not touch them.

²⁰But this we mill do to them: Let their lives be saved, lest the wrath of the Lord be stirred up against us, if we should be forsworn.

²¹But so let them live, as to serve the whole multitude in hewing wood, and bringing in water. As they were speaking these things,

²²Josue called the Gabaonites and said to them: Why would you impose upon us, saying: We dwell far off from you, whereas you are in the midst of us?