¹⁷ And the Israelites^[a] set out and went to their cities on the third day (their cities were Gibeon, Kephirah, Beeroth, and Kiriath Jearim). ¹⁸ But the Israelites^[b] did not attack them, because the leaders of the congregation had sworn to them by Yahweh the God of Israel. And all the congregation murmured against their leaders.^{[c] 19} But all the leaders of the congregation said, “We have sworn to them by Yahweh the God of Israel, and so we cannot touch them.