CAB(i)
23 And now you are cursed. There shall not fail of you a slave, or a woodcutter, or a water carrier to me and my God.
24 And they answered Joshua, saying, It was reported to us what the Lord your God commanded His servant Moses, to give you this land, and to destroy us and all that dwelt on it from before you, and we feared very much for our lives because of you, and therefore we did this thing.
25 And now, behold, we are in your power; do to us as it is pleasing to you, and as it seems good to you.
26 And they did so to them. And Joshua rescued them in that day out of the hands of the children of Israel, and they did not kill them.
27 And in that day, Joshua made them woodcutters and water carriers to the whole congregation, and for the altar of God. Therefore the inhabitants of Gibeon became woodcutters and water carriers for the altar of God to this day, even for the place which the Lord should choose.