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 will never fail to be bondservants, both wood cutters and drawers of water for the house of my God."
Deuteronomy 29:11
your little ones, your wives, and your foreigner who is in the midst of your camps, from the one who cuts your wood to the one who draws your water;
2 Chronicles 2:17
Solomon numbered all the foreigners who were in the land of Israel, after the numbering with which David his father had numbered them; and they were found one hundred fifty-three thousand six hundred.
As the princes
Joshua 9:15
Joshua made peace with them, and made a covenant with them, to let them live. The princes of the congregation swore to them.