Joshua 9:21

New King James Version

And the rulers said to them, “Let them live, but let them be woodcutters and water carriers for all the congregation, as the rulers had promised them.”

Cross References

Jeremiah 46:22

Her noise shall go like a serpent, For they shall march with an army And come against her with axes, Like those who chop wood.

Deuteronomy 29:10

“All of you stand today before the Lord your God: your leaders and your tribes and your elders and your officers, all the men of Israel,

Deuteronomy 29:11

your little ones and your wives—also the stranger who is in your camp, from the one who cuts your wood to the one who draws your water—

Joshua 10:1

Now it came to pass when Adoni-Zedek king of Jerusalem heard how Joshua had taken Ai and had utterly destroyed it—as he had done to Jericho and its king, so he had done to Ai and its king—and how the inhabitants of Gibeon had made peace with Israel and were among them,

Joshua 9:15

So Joshua made peace with them, and made a covenant with them to let them live; and the rulers of the congregation swore to them.

Joshua 9:20

This we will do to them: We will let them live, lest wrath be upon us because of the oath which we swore to them.”

Joshua 9:23

Now therefore, you are cursed, and none of you shall be freed from being slaves—woodcutters and water carriers for the house of my God.”

Joshua 9:27

And that day Joshua made them woodcutters and water carriers for the congregation and for the altar of the Lord, in the place which He would choose, even to this day.