Joshua 9:21

Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

And the princes said unto them, Let them live: so they became hewers of wood and drawers of water unto all the congregation; as the princes had spoken unto them.

Cross References

Jeremiah 46:22

The sound thereof shall go like the serpent; for they shall march with an army, and come against her with axes, as hewers of wood.

Deuteronomy 29:10

Ye stand this day all of you before the LORD 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 thy stranger that is in the midst of thy camps, from the hewer of thy wood unto the drawer of thy 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 her king, so he had done to Ai and her king; and how the inhabitants of Gibeon had made peace with Israel, and were among them;

Joshua 9:15

And Joshua made peace with them, and made a covenant with them, to let them live: and the princes of the congregation sware unto them.

Joshua 9:20

This we will do to them, and let them live; lest wrath be upon us, because of the oath which we sware unto them.

Joshua 9:23

Now therefore ye are cursed, and there shall never fail to be of you bondmen, both hewers of wood and drawers of water for the house of my God.

Joshua 9:27

And Joshua made them that day hewers of wood and drawers of water for the congregation, and for the altar of the LORD, unto this day, in the place which he should choose.