Joshua 9:21
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“They continued, “Let them live, but let them be woodcutters and water carriers for the whole congregation.” So the leaders kept their promise.”
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“They continued, “Let them live, but let them be woodcutters and water carriers for the whole congregation.” So the leaders kept their promise.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“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.”
King James Version · Public Domain“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.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“And the princes say unto them, `They live, and are hewers of wood and drawers of water for all the company, as the princes spake to them.'”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Joshua 9:21 — 7 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Deuteronomy 29:10All of you are standing today before the LORD your God—you leaders of tribes, elders, officials, and all the men of Israel,
- Deuteronomy 29:11your children and wives, and the foreigners in your camps who cut your wood and draw your water—
- Joshua 9:15And Joshua made a treaty of peace with them to let them live, and the leaders of the congregation swore an oath to them.
- Joshua 9:23Now therefore you are under a curse and will perpetually serve as woodcutters and water carriers for the house of my God.”
- Joshua 9:27On that day he made them woodcutters and water carriers, as they are to this day for the congregation of the LORD and for the altar at the place He would choose.
- Joshua 10:1Now Adoni-zedek king of Jerusalem heard that Joshua had captured Ai and devoted it to destruction—doing to Ai and its king as he had done to Jericho and its king—and that the people of Gibeon had made peace with Israel and were living near them.
- 2 Chronicles 2:17Solomon numbered all the foreign men in the land of Israel following the census his father David had conducted, and there were found to be 153,600 in all.
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