Joshua 9:21

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.

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  • Deut 29:11 : 11 your little ones, your wives, and thy sojourner that is in the midst of thy camps, from the hewer of thy wood unto the drawer of thy water;
  • Josh 9:23 : 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.
  • Josh 9:27 : 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.
  • 2 Chr 2:17-18 : 17 And Solomon numbered all the sojourners that were in the land of Israel, after the numbering wherewith David his father had numbered them; and they were found a hundred and fifty thousand and three thousand and six hundred. 18 And he set threescore and ten thousand of them to bear burdens, and fourscore thousand that were hewers in the mountains, and three thousand and six hundred overseers to set the people at work.
  • Josh 9:15 : 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.

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    18And the children of Israel smote them not, because the princes of the congregation had sworn unto them by Jehovah, the God of Israel. And all the congregation murmured against the princes.

    19But all the princes said unto all the congregation, We have sworn unto them by Jehovah, the God of Israel: now therefore we may not touch them.

    20This we will do to them, and let them live; lest wrath be upon us, because of the oath which we sware unto them.

  • Josh 9:22-27
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    22And Joshua called for them, and he spake unto them, saying, Wherefore have ye beguiled us, saying, We are very far from you; when ye dwell among us?

    23Now 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.

    24And they answered Joshua, and said, Because it was certainly told thy servants, how that Jehovah thy God commanded his servant Moses to give you all the land, and to destroy all the inhabitants of the land from before you; therefore we were sore afraid for our lives because of you, and have done this thing.

    25And now, behold, we are in thy hand: as it seemeth good and right unto thee to do unto us, do.

    26And so did he unto them, and delivered them out of the hand of the children of Israel, that they slew them not.

    27And 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.

  • Josh 9:15-16
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    15And Joshua made peace with them, and made a covenant with them, to let them live: and the princes of the congregation sware unto them.

    16And it came to pass at the end of three days after they had made a covenant with them, that they heard that they were their neighbors, and that they dwelt among them.

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    11And our elders and all the inhabitants of our country spake to us, saying, Take provision in your hand for the journey, and go to meet them, and say unto them, We are your servants: and now make ye a covenant with us.

  • Josh 2:13-14
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    69%

    13and that ye will save alive my father, and my mother, and my brethren, and my sisters, and all that they have, and will deliver our lives from death.

    14And the men said unto her, Our life for yours, if ye utter not this our business; and it shall be, when Jehovah giveth us the land, that we will deal kindly and truly with thee.

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    7And the men of Israel said unto the Hivites, Peradventure ye dwell among us; and how shall we make a covenant with you?

    8And they said unto Joshua, We are thy servants. And Joshua said unto them, Who are ye? and from whence come ye?

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    11your little ones, your wives, and thy sojourner that is in the midst of thy camps, from the hewer of thy wood unto the drawer of thy water;

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    18The well, which the princes digged, Which the nobles of the people delved, With the sceptre, [and] with their staves. And from the wilderness [they journeyed] to Mattanah;

  • 2 Chr 28:14
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    14So the armed men left the captives and the spoil before the princes and all the assembly.

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    16And they answered Joshua, saying, All that thou hast commanded us we will do, and whithersoever thou sendest us we will go.

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    9Keep therefore the words of this covenant, and do them, that ye may prosper in all that ye do.

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    21Then the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh answered, and spake unto the heads of the thousands of Israel,

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    21These men are peaceable with us; therefore let them dwell in the land, and trade therein; for, behold, the land is large enough for them; let us take their daughters to us for wives, and let us give them our daughters.

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    5And they said unto the king, The man that consumed us, and that devised against us, [that] we should be destroyed from remaining in any of the borders of Israel,

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    7How shall we do for wives for them that remain, seeing we have sworn by Jehovah that we will not give them of our daughters to wives?

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    17And the men said unto her, We will be guiltless of this thine oath which thou hast made us to swear.

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    15And Moses said unto them, Have ye saved all the women alive?

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