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."

Joshua 9:21

The leaders told them, "Let them live." So they became wood cutters and water carriers for the entire congregation, which is what the leaders had decided concerning them.

Joshua 9:27

However, on that very day Joshua made them become wood cutters and water carriers for the congregation and for the LORD's altar in the place that he should choose, and this tradition continues to this day.

Genesis 9:25-26

he said, "Canaan is cursed! He will be the lowest of slaves to his relatives."

Leviticus 27:28-29

However, any devoted thing that a person consecrates to the LORD from what he owns whether man, animals, or inherited fields is not to be sold or redeemed. Any devoted thing is most sacred. It belongs to the LORD.

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Now therefore ye are cursed, and there shall none of you be freed from being bondmen, and hewers of wood and drawers of water for the house of my God.

Hewers

General references

Bible References

Cursed

Leviticus 27:28
However, any devoted thing that a person consecrates to the LORD from what he owns whether man, animals, or inherited fields is not to be sold or redeemed. Any devoted thing is most sacred. It belongs to the LORD.

Hewers

Joshua 9:21
The leaders told them, "Let them live." So they became wood cutters and water carriers for the entire congregation, which is what the leaders had decided concerning them.

General references

Joshua 9:8
So they responded to Joshua, "We are your servants." Joshua asked them, "Who are you? And where did you come from?"

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