Joshua 9:23

Bible in Basic English 1965

Now because of this you are cursed, and you will for ever be our servants, cutting wood and getting water for the house of my God.

Cross References

Deuteronomy 29:11

And your little ones, your wives, and the men of other lands who are with you in your tents, down to the wood-cutter and the servant who gets water for you:

Joshua 9:21

Keep them living, and let them be servants, cutting wood and getting water for all the people. And all the people did as the chiefs had said to them.

Joshua 9:27

And that day Joshua made them servants, cutting wood and getting water for the people and for the altar of the Lord, in the place marked out by him, to this day.