Why were the Israelites still bound to their covenant to the Gibeonites even after they discovered these people were lying?

Joshua 9:19

NKJV - ¹⁹ Then all the rulers said to all the congregation, "We have sworn to them by the LORD God of Israel; now therefore, we may not touch them.

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