Joshua 9:23-27 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.

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23 H779 Now therefore ye are cursed, H3772 and there shall never fail H5650 to be of you bondmen, H2404 both hewers H6086 of wood H7579 and drawers H4325 of water H1004 for the house H430 of my God.

24 H6030 And they answered H3091 Joshua, H559 and said, H5046 Because it was certainly H5046 told H5650 thy servants, H3068 how that Jehovah H430 thy God H6680 commanded H5650 his servant H4872 Moses H5414 to give H776 you all the land, H8045 and to destroy H3427 all the inhabitants H776 of the land H6440 from before H3966 you; therefore we were sore H3372 afraid H5315 for our lives H6440 because H6213 of you, and have done H1697 this thing.

25 H2009 And now, behold, we H3027 are in thy hand: H5869 as it seemeth H2896 good H3477 and right H6213 unto thee to do H6213 unto us, do.

26 H6213 And so did H5337 he unto them, and delivered H3027 them out of the hand H1121 of the children H3478 of Israel, H2026 that they slew them not.

27 H3091 And Joshua H5414 made H3117 them that day H2404 hewers H6086 of wood H7579 and drawers H4325 of water H5712 for the congregation, H4196 and for the altar H3068 of Jehovah, H3117 unto this day, H4725 in the place H977 which he should choose.