Joshua 9:21

KJV1611 – Modern English

And the leaders said to them, Let them live; but let them be woodcutters and water carriers for all the congregation, as the leaders had promised them.

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  • Deut 29:11 : 11 Your little ones, your wives, and your foreigners that are in your camp, from the one who cuts your wood to the one who draws your water:
  • Josh 9:23 : 23 Now therefore you are cursed, and none of you shall be freed from being servants, woodcutters, and water carriers for the house of my God.
  • Josh 9:27 : 27 And Joshua made them that day woodcutters and water carriers for the congregation, and for the altar of the LORD, even to this day, in the place which He would choose.
  • 2 Chr 2:17-18 : 17 And Solomon numbered all the strangers that were in the land of Israel, according to the census in which David his father had numbered them; and they were found to be one hundred and fifty thousand and three thousand and six hundred. 18 And he appointed seventy thousand of them to be bearers of burdens, and eighty thousand to be stonecutters in the mountain, and three thousand six hundred overseers to direct the people in their work.
  • Josh 9:15 : 15 And Joshua made peace with them, and made a treaty with them, to let them live: and the leaders of the congregation swore to them.

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    18And the children of Israel did not strike them, because the leaders of the congregation had sworn to them by the LORD God of Israel. And all the congregation complained against the leaders.

    19But all the leaders said to all the congregation, We have sworn to them by the LORD God of Israel: now therefore we may not touch them.

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

  • Josh 9:22-27
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    22And Joshua called for them, and he spoke to them, saying, Why have you deceived us, saying, We are very far from you; when you dwell among us?

    23Now therefore you are cursed, and none of you shall be freed from being servants, woodcutters, and water carriers for the house of my God.

    24And they answered Joshua, and said, Because it was certainly told to your servants how the LORD your 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 very afraid for our lives because of you, and have done this thing.

    25And now, see, we are in your hand: do to us as it seems good and right to you to do.

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

    27And Joshua made them that day woodcutters and water carriers for the congregation, and for the altar of the LORD, even to this day, in the place which He would choose.

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    15And Joshua made peace with them, and made a treaty with them, to let them live: and the leaders of the congregation swore to them.

    16And it happened at the end of three days after they had made a treaty with them, that they heard that they were their neighbors, and that they lived among them.

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    11Therefore our elders and all the inhabitants of our country spoke to us, saying, Take provisions with you for the journey, and go to meet them, and say to them, We are your servants: therefore now make a treaty with us.

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    13And that you will save my father, and my mother, and my brothers, and my sisters, and all that they have, and deliver our lives from death.

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    7And the men of Israel said to the Hivites, Perhaps you dwell among us; how then shall we make a treaty with you?

    8And they said to Joshua, We are your servants. And Joshua said to them, Who are you? and where do you come from?

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    11Your little ones, your wives, and your foreigners that are in your camp, from the one who cuts your wood to the one who draws your water:

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    14So the armed men left the captives and the spoil before the leaders and all the congregation.

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    16And they answered Joshua, saying, All that you command us we will do, and wherever you send us, we will go.

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    9Therefore, keep the words of this covenant, and do them, that you may prosper in all that you do.

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

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