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 you are condemned to perpetual servitude as woodcutters and water carriers for the house of my God."
Deuteronomy 29:11
your infants, your wives, and the foreigners living in your encampment, those who chop wood and those who carry water --
2 Chronicles 2:17
Solomon took a census of all the male resident foreigners in the land of Israel, after the census his father David had taken. There were 153,600 in all.
As the princes
Joshua 9:15
Joshua made a peace treaty with them and agreed to let them live. The leaders of the community sealed it with an oath.