Joshua 9:21

World Messianic Bible British Edition

The princes said to them, “Let them live.” So they became wood cutters and drawers of water for all the congregation, as the princes had spoken to them.

Cross References

Jeremiah 46:22

Its sound will go like the serpent, for they will march with an army, and come against her with axes, as wood cutters.

Deuteronomy 29:10

All of you stand today in the presence of 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 the foreigners who are in the middle of your camps, from the one who cuts your wood to the one who draws your water,

Joshua 10:1

Now 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 amongst them,

Joshua 9:15

Joshua made peace with them, and made a covenant with them, to let them live. The princes of the congregation swore to them.

Joshua 9:20

We will do this to them, and let them live; lest wrath be on us, because of the oath which we swore to them.”

Joshua 9:23

Now therefore you are cursed, and some of you will never fail to be slaves, both wood cutters and drawers of water for the house of my God.”

Joshua 9:27

That day Joshua made them wood cutters and drawers of water for the congregation and for the LORD’s altar to this day, in the place which he should choose.