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Joshua 9:21 KJV
Joshua · chapter 9 · verse 21
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.Joshua 9:21 · King James Version
Joshua 9:21 in context
19But all the princes said unto all the congregation, We have sworn unto them by the LORD God of Israel: now therefore we may not touch them.
20This we will do to them; we will even let them live, lest wrath be upon us, because of the oath which we sware unto them.
21And 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.
22And Joshua called for them, and he spake unto them, saying, Wherefore have ye beguiled us, saying, We are very far from you; when ye dwell among us?
23Now 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.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- congregationʻêdâha stated assemblageH5712 →
- princesnâsîyʼproperly, an exalted oneH5387 →
- drawersshâʼabto bale up waterH7579 →
- hewerschâṭabto chop or carve woodH2404 →
- watermayimwaterH4325 →
- saidʼâmarto sayH559 →
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Here is, I. The treaty soon concluded with the Gibeonites, Jos 9:15. The thing was not done with much formality, but in short, 1. They agreed to let them live, and more the Gibeonites did not ask. In a common war this would have been but a small matter to be granted;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 15-21