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 therefore cursed be you, and there shall not cease to be of you, bondmen and hewers of wood and drawers of water unto the house of my God."
Deuteronomy 29:11
your children, your wives and the strangers that are in thine host, 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 the time his father David had numbered them. And they were found a hundred and eighty thousand and six hundred.
As the princes
Joshua 9:15
And Joshua made peace with them, and made a covenant with them, to save their lives: and the lords of the congregation sware unto them.