Joshua 9:21

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They also said, 'Let them live, but let them be woodcutters and water carriers for the entire assembly,' just as the leaders had directed.

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  • Deut 29:11 : 11 You are entering into the covenant of the LORD your God and His oath, which the LORD your God is making with you today.
  • Josh 9:23 : 23 'Now therefore, you are under a curse and will always serve as woodcutters and water carriers for the house of my God.'
  • Josh 9:27 : 27 On that day, Joshua made them woodcutters and water carriers for the assembly and for the altar of the LORD at the place He would choose. And they continue to do so to this day.
  • 2 Chr 2:17-17 : 17 He assigned seventy thousand of them as burden-bearers, eighty thousand as stonecutters in the mountains, and three thousand six hundred as supervisors to oversee the work.
  • Josh 9:15 : 15 Then Joshua made a peace treaty with them to let them live, and the leaders of the assembly swore an oath to them.

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    22Then Joshua summoned them and said, 'Why did you deceive us by saying, “We live far away from you,” while in fact you live among us?'

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    24They answered Joshua, 'Your servants were clearly told how the LORD your God had commanded His servant Moses to give you this entire land and destroy all its inhabitants before you. So we feared greatly for our lives because of you, and that is why we did this.'

    25Now we are in your hands. Do to us whatever seems good and right to you.

    26So Joshua saved them from the Israelites, and they did not kill them.

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