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Joshua 9:23

21 They continued, “Let them live, but let them be woodcutters and water carriers for the whole congregation.” So the leaders kept their promise.

22 Then Joshua summoned the Gibeonites and said, “Why did you deceive us by telling us you live far away from us, when in fact you live among us?

Now therefore you are under a curse and will perpetually serve as woodcutters and water carriers for the house of my God.”

24 The Gibeonites answered, “Your servants were told clearly that the LORD your God had commanded His servant Moses to give you all the land and wipe out all its inhabitants before you. So we greatly feared for our lives because of you, and that is why we have done this.

25 Now we are in your hands. Do to us whatever seems good and right to you.”

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BSB
Now therefore you are under a curse and will perpetually serve as woodcutters and water carriers for the house of my God.”
KJV
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.
WEB
Now therefore you are cursed, and some of you will never fail to be slaves, both wood cutters and drawers of water for the house of my God.”
ASV
Now therefore ye are cursed, and there shall never fail to be of you bondmen, both hewers of wood and drawers of water for the house of my God.
DARBY
And now ye are cursed, and ye shall never cease to be bondmen, and hewers of wood, and drawers of water for the house of my God.
BLB
And now cursed [are] you⁺, and none of you⁺ shall be freed from being slaves and woodcutters and drawers of water for the house of my God.”
ÅB
Derfor skal dere nå være forbannet; ingen av dere skal slippe for å være slave og hugge ved og bære vann til min Guds hus.
OTB
Nå er dere under en forbannelse: dere skal aldri opphøre med å tjene som vedhuggere og vannbærere for min Guds hus.”
B1930
Derfor skal I nu være forbannet; ingen av eder skal slippe for å være træl og hugge ved og bære vann til min Guds hus.

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  • Joshua 9:21

    They continued, “Let them live, but let them be woodcutters and water carriers for the whole congregation.” So the leaders kept their promise.

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  • Joshua 9:27

    On that day he made them woodcutters and water carriers, as they are to this day for the congregation of the LORD and for the altar at the place He would choose.

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  • Leviticus 27:28–29

    Nothing that a man sets apart to the LORD from all he owns—whether a man, an animal, or his inherited land—can be sold or redeemed; everything so devoted is most holy to the LORD.

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  • Genesis 9:25–26

    he said, “Cursed be Canaan! A servant of servants shall he be to his brothers.”

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