Joshua 9:21

Legacy Standard Bible

So the leaders said to them, “Let them live.” Thus they became hewers of wood and drawers of water for the whole congregation, just as the leaders had spoken to them.

Cross References

Jeremiah 46:22

“Its sound moves along like a serpent; For they move on like a military force And come to her as woodcutters with axes.

Deuteronomy 29:10

“You stand today, all of you, before Yahweh your God: your heads, your tribes, your elders, and your officers, even all the men of Israel,

Deuteronomy 29:11

your little ones, your wives, and the sojourner who is within your camps, from the one who chops your wood to the one who draws your water,

Joshua 10:1

Now it happened that when Adoni-zedek king of Jerusalem heard that Joshua had captured Ai and had devoted it to destruction (just as he had done to Jericho and its king, so he had done to Ai and its king), and that the inhabitants of Gibeon had made peace with Israel and were within their land,

Joshua 9:15

And Joshua made peace with them and cut a covenant with them, to let them live; and the leaders of the congregation swore an oath to them.

Joshua 9:20

This we will do to them, even let them live, so that wrath will not be upon us for the oath which we swore to them.”

Joshua 9:23

So now, you are cursed, and you shall never be cut loose from being slaves, both hewers of wood and drawers of water for the house of my God.”

Joshua 9:27

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