Joshua 9:21

New American Standard Bible 2020

So the leaders said to them, “Let them live.” And they became gatherers of firewood and labor to draw 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 an army And come to her as woodcutters with axes.

Deuteronomy 29:10

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

Deuteronomy 29:11

your little ones, your wives, and the stranger who is within your camps, from the one who gathers your firewood to the one who draws your water,

Joshua 10:1

Now it came about when Adoni-zedek king of Jerusalem heard that Joshua had captured Ai, and had utterly destroyed it (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 made 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 on us because of the oath which we swore to them.”

Joshua 9:23

Now therefore, you are cursed, and you will never cease to be slaves, both gatherers of firewood and labor to draw water for the house of my God.”

Joshua 9:27

But on that day Joshua made them gatherers of firewood and labor to draw water for the congregation and for the altar of the Lord, to this day, in the place which He would choose.