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
Therefore you are cursed and will always be slaves—woodcutters and water carriers for the house of my God.”
Deuteronomy 29:11
your children, your wives, and the foreigners in your camps who cut your wood and draw your water—
2 Chronicles 2:17
Solomon took a census of all the foreign men in the land of Israel, after the census that his father David had conducted, and the total was 153,600.
As the princes
Joshua 9:15
So Joshua established peace with them and made a treaty to let them live, and the leaders of the community swore an oath to them.