Josué 9:18

18 Los hijos de Israel no los mataron porque los jefes de la congregación les habían jurado por el SEÑOR, Dios de Israel. Y toda la congregación murmuraba contra los jefes.

Josué 9:18 Meaning and Commentary

Joshua 9:18

And the children of Israel smote them not
The inhabitants of the four cities, when they came to them, though they found it to be a true report that was brought them of their being neighbours, and that they were imposed upon by them:

because the princes of the congregation had sworn unto them by the
Lord God of Israel;
by the Word of the Lord God of Israel, as the Targum, and therefore they restrained the people from smiting and plundering them; for it was not the oath of the princes the people so much regarded, or had such an influence on them as to abstain from seizing on them, but the princes, by reason of their oath, would not suffer them to touch them:

and all the congregation murmured against the princes;
not only for taking such an oath, but chiefly because they restrained them from smiting the Gibeonites, and taking their substance for a prey; their eager desire of revenge, and of seizing their goods, and inhabiting their cities, raised a murmur in them against the princes. This is to be understood not of the whole body of the people at Gilgal, but of all that party that was sent to Gibeon, and of the princes that went with them.

Josué 9:18 In-Context

16 Y sucedió que al cabo de tres días después de haber hecho pacto con ellos, oyeron que eran vecinos y que habitaban en su tierra.

17 Y partieron los hijos de Israel, y al tercer día llegaron a sus ciudades. Sus ciudades eran Gabaón, Cafira, Beerot y Quiriat-jearim.

18 Los hijos de Israel no los mataron porque los jefes de la congregación les habían jurado por el SEÑOR, Dios de Israel. Y toda la congregación murmuraba contra los jefes.

19 Pero todos los jefes dijeron a la congregación: Nosotros les hemos jurado por el SEÑOR, Dios de Israel, y ahora no podemos tocarlos.

20 Esto es lo que haremos con ellos: los dejaremos vivir, para que no venga sobre nosotros la ira por el juramento que les hemos hecho.