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19 Then, all the princes said to all the Congregation, “We have sworn to them by the LORD God of Israel. Now, therefore, we may not touch them.

20 “This we will do to them, and let them live, lest the Wrath be upon us because of the oath which we swore to them.”

21 And the princes said to them again, “Let them live. But they shall cut wood and draw water for all the Congregation, as the princes appoint them.”

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