Joshua 9:20
9:20 We must let them live so we can escape the curse attached to the oath we swore to them.” 1
Joshua 13:13
13:13 But the Israelites did not conquer 2 the Geshurites and Maacathites; Geshur and Maacah live among Israel to this very day.
1 tn Heb “This is what we will do to them, keeping them alive so there will not be upon us anger concerning the oath which we swore to them.”
2 tn Or “dispossess.”