THEOSISJoshua 9:21Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
But so let them live, as to serve the whole multitude in hewing wood, and bringing in water. As they were speaking these things,
וַיֹּאמְר֧וּ אֲלֵיהֶ֛ם הַנְּשִׂיאִ֖ים יִֽחְי֑וּ וַ֠יִּֽהְיוּ חֹטְבֵ֨י עֵצִ֤ים וְשֹֽׁאֲבֵי־מַ֙יִם֙ לְכָל־הָ֣עֵדָ֔ה כַּאֲשֶׁ֛ר דִּבְּר֥וּ לָהֶ֖ם הַנְּשִׂיאִֽים׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Deut 29:11Your children and your wives, and the stranger that abideth with thee in the camp, besides the hewers of wood, and them that bring water:
- Josh 9:27And he gave orders in that day, that they should be in the service of all the people, and of the altar of the Lord, hewing wood, and carrying water, until this present time, in the place which the Lord hath chosen.
- Josh 9:23Therefore you shall be under a curse, and your race shall always be hewers of wood, and carriers of water, into the house of my God.
- 2 Chr 2:17And Solomon numbered all the proselytes in the land of Israel, after the numbering which David his father had made, and they were found a hundred and fifty-three thousand and six hundred.
- 2 Chr 2:18And he set seventy thousand of them to carry burdens on their shoulders, and eighty thousand to hew stones in the mountains: and three thousand and six hundred to be overseers of the work of the people.
- Josh 9:15And Joshua made peace with them, and entering into a league, promised that they should not be slain: the princes also of the multitude swore to them.