When the ruse was uncovered, “the sons of Israel did not strike them, because the chieftains of the assembly had sworn to them by Jehovah. ”
हालाँकि यह समूह दुश्‍मन इलाके से आया था, प्रधानों ने अपना वचन निभाना महत्त्वपूर्ण समझा ।