Cross-references Explore similar Bible verses on Joshua 9:20 in English Standard Version "This we will do to them: let them live, lest wrath be upon us, because of the oath that we swore to them.”" Nu 1:53 But the Levites shall camp around the tabernacle of the testimony, so that there may be no wrath on the congregation of the people of Israel. And the Levites shall keep guard over the tabernacle of the testimony.” 2Sa 21:2 So the king called the Gibeonites and spoke to them. Now the Gibeonites were not of the people of Israel but of the remnant of the Amorites. Although the people of Israel had sworn to spare them, Saul had sought to strike them down in his zeal for the people of Israel and Judah.