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
Now, therefore, ye are cursed, and ye shall always be slaves and hewers of wood and drawers of water for the house of my God.
Deuteronomy 29:11
your little ones, your wives, and thy strangers that dwell within thy camp, from the hewer of thy wood unto the drawer of thy water,
2 Chronicles 2:17
And Solomon numbered all the strangers that were in the land of Israel, after David, his father, had already numbered them; and one hundred and fifty-three thousand six hundred were found.

As the princes

Joshua 9:15
And Joshua made peace with them and made a covenant with them, to let them live; also the princes of the congregation swore unto them.