Joshua 9:23 Cross References - NSB

²³ Now you are cursed, and none of you will be freed from being slaves, and hewers of wood and drawers of water for the house of my God.«

²⁵ He (Noah) said: »Canaan is cursed! He will be a lowly slave to his brothers.« ²⁶ He also said: »Blessed be Jehovah, the God of Shem! May Canaan be the slave of Shem.

²⁸ »‘However, everything dedicated to Jehovah for destruction, a person, an animal, or a field that belongs to you, must not be sold or bought back. Everything dedicated in that way is very holy. It belongs to Jehovah. ²⁹ »‘People dedicated this way may not be bought back. They must be put to death.

²¹ The leaders said to them: »Let them live; but let them be hewers of wood and drawers of water to the entire congregation as the leaders had promised them.

²⁷ Joshua made them that day hewers of wood and drawers of water for the congregation, and for the altar of Jehovah, even to this day, in the place he should choose.