Joshua 9:23
9:23 Now you are condemned to perpetual servitude as woodcutters and water carriers for the house of my God.”
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Joshua 9:27
9:27 and that day made them woodcutters and water carriers for the community and for the altar of the
Lord at the divinely chosen site. (They continue in that capacity to this very day.)
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Deuteronomy 29:11
29:11 your infants, your wives, and the
3 foreigners living in your encampment, those who chop wood and those who carry water –
Deuteronomy 29:2
The Exodus, Wandering, and Conquest Reviewed
29:2 Moses proclaimed to all Israel as follows: “You have seen all that the Lord did 4 in the land of Egypt to Pharaoh, all his servants, and his land.
Deuteronomy 2:17-18
2:17 the
Lord said to me,
2:18 “Today you are going to cross the border of Moab, that is, of Ar.
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1 tn Heb “Now you are cursed and a servant will not be cut off from you, woodcutters and water carriers for the house of my God.”
2 tn Heb “and Joshua made them in that day woodcutters and water carriers for the community, and for the altar of the Lord to this day at the place which he chooses.”
3 tn Heb “your.”
4 tn The Hebrew text includes “to your eyes,” but this is redundant in English style (cf. the preceding “you have seen”) and is omitted in the translation.
5 sn Ar. See note on this word in Deut 2:9.