Joshua 9:23

New Century Version

Now, you will be placed under a curse to be our slaves. You will have to cut wood and carry water for the house of my God.”

Cross References

Deuteronomy 29:11

your wives and children and the foreigners who live among you, who chop your wood and carry your water.

Joshua 9:21

So let them live, but they will cut wood and carry water for our people.” So the leaders kept their promise to them.

Joshua 9:27

but he made the Gibeonites slaves. They cut wood and carried water for the Israelites, and they did it for the altar of the Lord—wherever he chose it to be. They are still doing this today.