Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
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.
Cursed
Hewers
General references
Bible References
Cursed
Leviticus 27:28
‘But nothing that a man sets apart [that is, devotes as an offering] to the Lord out of all that he has, of man or of animal or of the fields of his own property, shall be sold or redeemed. Anything devoted to destruction (banned, cursed) is most holy to the Lord.
Hewers
Joshua 9:21
The leaders said to them, “Let them live [as our slaves].” So they became the cutters and gatherers of firewood and water carriers for the entire congregation, just as the leaders had said of them.
General references
Joshua 9:8
They said to Joshua, “We are your servants.” Then Joshua said to them, “Who are you, and where do you come from?”