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 under a curse. Some of you will always be slaves, wood cutters, and water carriers for the house of my God."
Deuteronomy 29:11
along with your children, your wives, even the foreigner in your camp, including the woodchopper and the water drawer
2 Chronicles 2:17
Solomon took a census of all the non-Israeli men who lived in the land of Israel, after the census that his father David had taken, and 153,600 were counted.
As the princes
Joshua 9:15
They made a treaty with them, guaranteeing their lives with a covenant, and the leaders of the congregation confirmed it with an oath to them.