Joshua 9:23

Free Bible Version

Consequently you are under a curse. From now on you shall forever be servants, woodcutters and water-carriers for the house of my God.”

Cross References

Deuteronomy 29:11

your children and wives, and the foreigners in your camps who cut your firewood and carry your water.

Joshua 9:21

The leaders concluded, “Let them live.” So the Gibeonites became woodcutters and water-carriers in service to the entire assembly, as the Israelite leaders had ordered.

Joshua 9:27

That day Joshua made them woodcutters and water-carriers in service to the entire assembly and for the altar of the Lord wherever the Lord should choose. That is what they do right up to this very day.