Joshua 9:27 - The Scriptures 1998

And that day Yehoshua made them woodcutters and drawers of water for the congregation and for the altar of יהוה, even to this day, at the place that He should choose.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

And Joshua made them that day hewers of wood and drawers of water for the congregation, and for the altar of the LORD, even unto this day, in the place which he should choose.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

But Joshua then made them hewers of wood and drawers of water for the congregation and for the altar of the Lord, to this day, in the place which He should choose.

American Standard Version (1901)

And Joshua made them that day hewers of wood and drawers of water for the congregation, and for the altar of Jehovah, unto this day, in the place which he should choose.

Common English Bible

That day Joshua assigned them as woodcutters and water haulers for the community and for the LORD’s altar, located wherever God would choose. That is still the case today.

Catholic Public Domain Version

And he decreed on that day, that they would be in the ministry of all the people and of the altar of the Lord, cutting wood and carrying water, even until this present time, in the place which the Lord had chosen.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

And he gave orders in that day that they should be in the service of all the people, and of the altar of the Lord, hewing wood and carrying water, until this present time, in the place which the Lord hath chosen.

Joshua 9:27 Cross References

2 Chronicles 2:16

“And let us cut wood from Leḇ

Numbers 31:28

“And set aside a levy for יהוה  on the men of battle who went out on the campaign: one out of every five hundred, of man, and of the cattle, and of the donkeys, and of the sheep.

Numbers 31:30

“And from the children of Yisra’ĕ

Numbers 31:47

Then Mosheh took from the children of Yisra’ĕ

Deuteronomy 12:11

“And it shall be, that unto the place which יהוה  your Elohim chooses to make His Name dwell there, there you are to bring all that I command you: your burnt offerings, and your offerings, and your tithes, and the contributions of your hand, and all your choice offerings which you vow to יהוה.

Deuteronomy 12:14

except in the place which יהוה  chooses, in one of your tribes, there you are to offer your burnt offerings, and there you are to do all that I command you.

Deuteronomy 12:5

but seek the place which יהוה  your Elohim chooses, out of all your tribes, to put His Name there, for His Dwelling Place, and there you shall enter.

Joshua 9:21

And the rulers said to them, “Let them live, but let them be woodcutters and drawers of water for all the congregation, as the rulers had promised them.”

Joshua 9:26

And he did so to them, and delivered them out of the hand of the children of Yisra’ĕ