“And the children of Israel smote them not, because the princes of the congregation had sworn unto them by the Lord God of Israel. And all the congregation murmured against the princes.”
Israel cannot attack due to the oath — The people did not attack them because the leaders of the congregation had sworn to them by the LORD, the God of Israel. The oath, sworn before the God of Israel (יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל), becomes binding even after deception is revealed. This illustrates a crucial principle: once sworn in the LORD's name, covenants are not dissolved by discovering the other party's dishonesty—to break the oath would be to dishonor the God whose name was invoked.
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