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 you are cursed, and some of you shall never be anything but servants, cutters of wood and drawers of water for the house of my God."
Deuteronomy 29:11
your little ones, your wives, and the sojourner who is in your camp, from the one who chops your wood to the one who draws your water,
2 Chronicles 2:17
Then Solomon counted all the resident aliens who were in the land of Israel, after the census of them that David his father had taken, and there were found 153,600.
As the princes
Joshua 9:15
And Joshua made peace with them and made a covenant with them, to let them live, and the leaders of the congregation swore to them.