Joshua 9:21
They continued, "Let them live, but let them be woodcutters and water carriers for the whole congregation." So the leaders kept their promise.
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let them

Joshua 9:23, 27
Now therefore you are under a curse and will perpetually serve as woodcutters and water carriers for the house of my God." . . .

Deuteronomy 29:11
you children, wives, and the foreigners in your camps who cut your wood and draw your water--

2 Chronicles 2:17, 18
Solomon numbered all the foreign men in the land of Israel, following the census his father David had conducted, and there were found to be 153, 600 in all. . . .

as the princes

Joshua 9:15
And Joshua made a treaty of peace with them to let them live, and the leaders of the congregation swore an oath to them.

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New American Standard Bible
The leaders said to them, "Let them live." So they became hewers of wood and drawers of water for the whole congregation, just as the leaders had spoken to them.

King James Bible
And the princes said unto them, Let them live; but let them be hewers of wood and drawers of water unto all the congregation; as the princes had promised them.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
They also said, "Let them live." So the Gibeonites became woodcutters and water carriers for the whole community, as the leaders had promised them.

International Standard Version
The leaders told them, "Let them live." So they became wood cutters and water carriers for the entire congregation, which is what the leaders had decided concerning them.

NET Bible
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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