Joshua 9:27 - Modern English Version

²⁷ That day he made them woodcutters and water carriers for the congregation and the altar of the Lord, even to this day, at the place He would choose.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁷ And Joshua made them that day hewers of wood and drawers of water for the congregation, and for the altar of the LORD, even unto this day, in the place which he should choose.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁷ But Joshua then made them hewers of wood and drawers of water for the congregation and for the altar of the Lord, to this day, in the place which He should choose.

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁷ And Joshua made them that day hewers of wood and drawers of water for the congregation, and for the altar of Jehovah, unto this day, in the place which he should choose.

Common English Bible

²⁷ That day Joshua assigned them as woodcutters and water haulers for the community and for the LORD’s altar, located wherever God would choose. That is still the case today.

Catholic Public Domain Version

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.

Joshua 9:27 Tagairtí Cros

2 Chronicles 2:16

And let us cut the timber from Lebanon, whatever you need, and we will bring it to you on rafts on the sea to Joppa, and you will bring it up to Jerusalem.”

Numbers 31:28

And levy a tribute to the Lord from the fighting men of Israel who went out to battle: one person out of five hundred, of the people and of the oxen, and of the donkeys, and of the sheep;

Numbers 31:30

Of the half of the Israelites, you will take one portion of fifty, of the people, of the oxen, of the donkeys, and of the flocks, of all manner of beasts, and give them to the Levites, who keep the guard of the tabernacle of the Lord.”

Numbers 31:47

From the half of the Israelites Moses took one out of fifty, of man and of beast, and gave them to the Levites, who kept the guard of the tabernacle of the Lord, as the Lord commanded Moses.

Deuteronomy 12:11

then there will be a place which the Lord your God will choose to cause His name to dwell. There you must bring all that I command you: your burnt offerings, and your sacrifices, your tithes, the offering of your hand, and all your choice vows which you vow to the Lord.

Deuteronomy 12:14

Rather, in the place which the Lord will choose in one of your tribes, there you must offer your burnt offerings, and there you must do all that I command you.

Deuteronomy 12:5

But you must seek only the place which the Lord your God shall choose out of all your tribes to establish His name, and there you must go.

Joshua 9:21

The leaders of the congregation also said to them, “Let them live!” So they became woodcutters and water carriers for the whole congregation, as the leaders told them.

Joshua 9:26

Thus he did to them, and delivered them from the hand of the Israelites; and they did not kill them.