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Joshua 9:23
Joshua 9:23 is verse 23 of Joshua chapter 9, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
Now therefore you are under a curse and will perpetually serve as woodcutters and water carriers for the house of my God.”
King James Version
Now therefore ye are cursed, and there shall none of you be freed from being bondmen, and hewers of wood and drawers of water for the house of my God.
World English Bible
Now therefore you are cursed, and some of you will never fail to be slaves, both wood cutters and drawers of water for the house of my God.”
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Joshua 9:21–25 · Berean Standard Bible
21 They continued, “Let them live, but let them be woodcutters and water carriers for the whole congregation.” So the leaders kept their promise.
22 Then Joshua summoned the Gibeonites and said, “Why did you deceive us by telling us you live far away from us, when in fact you live among us?
23 Now therefore you are under a curse and will perpetually serve as woodcutters and water carriers for the house of my God.”
24 The Gibeonites answered, “Your servants were told clearly that the LORD your God had commanded His servant Moses to give you all the land and wipe out all its inhabitants before you. So we greatly feared for our lives because of you, and that is why we have done this.
25 Now we are in your hands. Do to us whatever seems good and right to you.”
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Genesis 9:25he said, “Cursed be Canaan! A servant of servants shall he be to his brothers.”
Genesis 9:26He also declared: “Blessed be the LORD, the God of Shem! May Canaan be the servant of Shem.
Leviticus 27:28Nothing that a man sets apart to the LORD from all he owns—whether a man, an animal, or his inherited land—can be sold or redeemed; everything so devoted is most holy to the LORD.
Leviticus 27:29No person set apart for destruction may be ransomed; he must surely be put to death.
Joshua 9:21They continued, “Let them live, but let them be woodcutters and water carriers for the whole congregation.” So the leaders kept their promise.
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.