Joshua 9:21 - Catholic Public Domain Version

But though they live, let them serve the entire multitude by cutting wood and carrying water." And while they were discussing these things,

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

And the princes said unto them, Let them live; but let them be hewers of wood and drawers of water unto all the congregation; as the princes had promised them.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

And the leaders said to them, Let them live [and be our slaves]. So they became hewers of wood and drawers of water for all the assembly, just as the leaders had said of them.

American Standard Version (1901)

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.

Common English Bible

The leaders went on to say to them, “Let them live.” So they became woodcutters and water haulers for the whole community, exactly as the leaders had intended for them.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

But so let them live, as to serve the whole multitude in hewing wood, and bringing in water. As they were speaking these things,

English Standard Version 2016

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

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Jeremiah 46:22

Her voice will sound out like brass. For they will rush forward with an army, and with axes they will come against her, like those who chop wood.

Deuteronomy 29:10

Today, you all stand in the sight of the Lord your God: your leaders, and tribes, and those greater by birth, and teachers, all the people of Israel,

Deuteronomy 29:11

your children and wives, and the new arrival who dwells with you in the camp, aside from those who cut wood, and those who bring water,

Joshua 10:1

When Adonizedek, the king of Jerusalem, had heard these things, specifically, that Joshua had seized Ai, and had overthrown it, (for just as he had done to Jericho and its king, so did he do to Ai and its king,) and that the Gibeonites had fled over to Israel, and were now their confederates,

Joshua 9:15

And Joshua made peace with them, and entering into a pact, he promised that they would not be put to death. The leaders of the multitude also swore to them.

Joshua 9:20

But we shall do this to them: Certainly, let them be preserved so that they may live, lest the wrath of the Lord be stirred up against us, since we would have sworn falsely.

Joshua 9:23

Therefore, you shall be under a curse, and your stock shall not cease to be cutters of wood and carriers of water, into the house of my God."

Joshua 9:27

And he decreed on that day, that they would be in the ministry of all the people and of the altar of the Lord, cutting wood and carrying water, even until this present time, in the place which the Lord had chosen.