Joshua 9:23

New International Version

You are now under a curse: You will never be released from service as woodcutters and water carriers for the house of my God.”

Cross References

Deuteronomy 29:11

together with your children and your wives, and the foreigners living in your camps who chop your wood and carry your water.

Joshua 9:21

They continued, “Let them live, but let them be woodcutters and water carriers in the service of the whole assembly.” So the leaders’ promise to them was kept.

Joshua 9:27

That day he made the Gibeonites woodcutters and water carriers for the assembly, to provide for the needs of the altar of the Lord at the place the Lord would choose. And that is what they are to this day.