Joshua 9:21

And the leaders said to them, "Let them live." So they became woodcutters and water carriers for all the congregation, just as the leaders had said to them.

Deuteronomy 29:11

your little children, your women and your aliens who [are] in the midst of your camp, from the choppers of your wood to the drawers of your water,

Joshua 9:23

Therefore you [are] cursed; some of you will always be slaves as woodcutters and water carriers for the house of my God."

Joshua 9:27

And that day Joshua made them woodcutters and water carriers for the congregation and for the altar of Yahweh, to this day, in the place that he should choose.

Joshua 9:15

And Joshua made peace with them, and {he made a covenant with them} to allow them to live happily, and the leaders of the congregation swore [an oath] to them.

2 Chronicles 2:17-18

Then Solomon counted all the resident alien men who [were] in the land of Israel after the census that David his father had taken of them. And there were found one hundred and fifty-three thousand.

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Summary

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.

As the princes

Bible References

Let them

Joshua 9:23
Therefore you [are] cursed; some of you will always be slaves as woodcutters and water carriers for the house of my God."
Deuteronomy 29:11
your little children, your women and your aliens who [are] in the midst of your camp, from the choppers of your wood to the drawers of your water,
2 Chronicles 2:17
Then Solomon counted all the resident alien men who [were] in the land of Israel after the census that David his father had taken of them. And there were found one hundred and fifty-three thousand.

As the princes

Joshua 9:15
And Joshua made peace with them, and {he made a covenant with them} to allow them to live happily, and the leaders of the congregation swore [an oath] to them.