Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
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
And now ye are cursed, and ye shall never cease to be bondmen, and hewers of wood, and drawers of water for the house of my God.
Deuteronomy 29:11
your little ones, your wives, and thy stranger that is in thy camp, as well the hewer of thy wood as the drawer of thy water;
2 Chronicles 2:17
And Solomon numbered all the strangers that were in the land of Israel, after the account that David his father had taken of them, and there were found a hundred and fifty-three thousand six hundred.
As the princes
Joshua 9:15
And Joshua made peace with them, and made a covenant with them, to let them live; and the princes of the assembly swore unto them.