Joshua 9:21
The leaders then added,“Let them live.” So they became woodcutters and water carriers for the whole community, as the leaders had decided.
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Referenced Verses
- Deut 29:11 : 11 your infants, your wives, and the resident foreigners living in your encampment, those who chop wood and those who carry water–
- Josh 9:23 : 23 Now you are condemned to perpetual servitude as woodcutters and water carriers for the house of my God.”
- Josh 9:27 : 27 and that day made them woodcutters and water carriers for the community and for the altar of the LORD at the divinely chosen site.(They continue in that capacity to this very day.)
- 2 Chr 2:17-18 : 17 Solomon took a census of all the male resident foreigners in the land of Israel, after the census his father David had taken. There were 153,600 in all. 18 He designated 70,000 as common laborers, 80,000 as stonecutters in the hills, and 3,600 as supervisors to make sure the people completed the work.
- Josh 9:15 : 15 Joshua made a peace treaty with them and agreed to let them live. The leaders of the community sealed it with an oath.
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- Josh 9:18-203 verses82%
18The Israelites did not attack them because the leaders of the community had sworn an oath to them in the name of the LORD God of Israel. The whole community criticized the leaders,
19but all the leaders told the whole community,“We swore an oath to them in the name of the LORD God of Israel. So now we can’t hurt them!
20We must let them live so we can escape the curse attached to the oath we swore to them.”
- Josh 9:22-276 verses79%
22Joshua summoned the Gibeonites and said to them,“Why did you trick us by saying,‘We live far away from you,’ when you really live nearby?
23Now you are condemned to perpetual servitude as woodcutters and water carriers for the house of my God.”
24They said to Joshua,“It was carefully reported to your subjects how the LORD your God commanded Moses his servant to assign you the whole land and to destroy all who live in the land from before you. Because of you we were terrified we would lose our lives, so we did this thing.
25So now we are in your power. Do to us what you think is good and appropriate.”
26Joshua did as they said; he kept the Israelites from killing them
27and that day made them woodcutters and water carriers for the community and for the altar of the LORD at the divinely chosen site.(They continue in that capacity to this very day.)
- Josh 9:15-162 verses78%
15Joshua made a peace treaty with them and agreed to let them live. The leaders of the community sealed it with an oath.
16Three days after they made the treaty with them, the Israelites found out they were from the local area and lived nearby.
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11Our leaders and all who live in our land told us,‘Take provisions for your journey and go meet them. Tell them,“We are willing to be your subjects. Make a treaty with us.”’
- Josh 2:13-142 verses69%
13that you will spare the lives of my father, mother, brothers, sisters, and all who belong to them, and rescue us from death.”
14The men said to her,“If you die, may we die too! If you do not report what we’ve been up to, then, when the LORD hands the land over to us, we will show unswerving allegiance to you.”
- Josh 9:6-83 verses67%
6They came to Joshua at the camp in Gilgal and said to him and the men of Israel,“We have come from a distant land. Make a treaty with us.”
7The men of Israel said to the Hivites,“Perhaps you live near us. So how can we make a treaty with you?”
8But they said to Joshua,“We are willing to be your subjects.” So Joshua said to them,“Who are you and where do you come from?”
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11your infants, your wives, and the resident foreigners living in your encampment, those who chop wood and those who carry water–
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12They replied,“We will return these things, and we will no longer demand anything from them. We will do just as you say.” Then I called the priests and made the wealthy and the officials swear to do what had been promised.
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18The well which the princes dug, which the leaders of the people opened with their scepters and their staffs.”And from the wilderness they traveled to Mattanah;
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14So the soldiers released the captives and the plunder before the officials and the entire assembly.
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16They told Joshua,“We will do everything you say. We will go wherever you send us.
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9The Present Covenant Setting“Therefore, keep the terms of this covenant and obey them so that you may be successful in everything you do.
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21The people said to Joshua,“No! We really will worship the LORD.
- Josh 21:1-22 verses66%
1Levitical Cities The tribal leaders of the Levites went before Eleazar the priest and Joshua son of Nun and the Israelite tribal leaders
2in Shiloh in the land of Canaan and said,“The LORD told Moses to assign us cities in which to live along with the grazing areas for our cattle.”
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21The Reubenites, Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh answered the leaders of the Israelite clans:
- Gen 34:21-222 verses65%
21“These men are at peace with us. So let them live in the land and travel freely in it, for the land is wide enough for them. We will take their daughters for wives, and we will give them our daughters to marry.
22Only on this one condition will these men consent to live with us and become one people: They demand that every male among us be circumcised just as they are circumcised.
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5They replied to the king,“As for this man who exterminated us and who schemed against us so that we were destroyed and left without status throughout all the borders of Israel–
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7How can we find wives for those who are left? After all, we took an oath in the LORD’s name not to give them our daughters as wives.”
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21and they said to them,“May the LORD look on you and judge, because you have made us stink in the opinion of Pharaoh and his servants, so that you have given them an excuse to kill us!”
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17The men said to her,“We are not bound by this oath you made us swear unless the following conditions are met:
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1Joshua Sends Home the Eastern Tribes Then Joshua summoned the Reubenites, Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh
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1A Prayer of Ezra Now when these things had been completed, the leaders approached me and said,“The people of Israel, the priests, and the Levites have not separated themselves from the local residents who practice detestable things similar to those of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites, the Ammonites, the Moabites, the Egyptians, and the Amorites.
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15Moses said to them,“Have you allowed all the women to live?
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22When their fathers or brothers come and protest to us, we’ll say to them,“Do us a favor and let them be, for we could not get each one a wife through battle. Don’t worry about breaking your oath! You would only be guilty if you had voluntarily given them wives.’”
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19I will punish the leaders of Judah and Jerusalem, the court officials, the priests, and all the other people of the land who passed between the pieces of the calf.
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21So let their children die of starvation. Let them be cut down by the sword. Let their wives lose their husbands and children. Let the older men die of disease and the younger men die by the sword in battle.
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28Otherwise the people of the land from which you brought us will say,“The LORD was unable to bring them to the land he promised them, and because of his hatred for them he has brought them out to kill them in the wilderness.”
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15They went to the land of Gilead to the Reubenites, Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, and said to them:
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4So he went with them. When they arrived at the Jordan, they started cutting down trees.
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25They replied,“You have saved our lives! You are showing us favor, and we will be Pharaoh’s slaves.”
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9Then, when the officers have finished speaking, they must appoint unit commanders to lead the troops.
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21So I will no longer remove before them any of the nations that Joshua left unconquered when he died,
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10Come, let’s deal wisely with them. Otherwise they will continue to multiply, and if a war breaks out, they will ally themselves with our enemies and fight against us and leave the country.”
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22“Let us pass through your land; we will not turn aside into the fields or into the vineyards, nor will we drink water from any well, but we will go along the King’s Highway until we pass your borders.”