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."
Joshua 9:20
Surrounding context
9:19 Then all the rulers said to all the congregation, "We have sworn to them by the LORD God of Israel; now therefore, we may not touch them.
9:20 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."
9:21 And the rulers said to them, "Let them live, but let them be woodcutters and water carriers for all the congregation, as the rulers had promised them."