CAB(i)
18 But the children of Israel did not fight with them, because all the princes swore to them by the Lord God of Israel; and all the congregation murmured at the princes.
19 And the princes said to all the congregation, We have sworn to them by the Lord God of Israel, and now we shall not be able to touch them.
20 This we will do: take them alive, and we will preserve them: so there shall not be wrath against us by reason of the oath which we swore to them.