Joshua 9:21

וַיֹּאמְרוּ אֲלֵיהֶם הַנְּשִׂיאִים יִֽחְיוּ וַיִּֽהְיוּ חֹטְבֵי עֵצִים וְשֹֽׁאֲבֵי ־ מַיִם לְכָל ־ הָעֵדָה כַּאֲשֶׁר דִּבְּרוּ לָהֶם הַנְּשִׂיאִֽים ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

And the princes said unto them, Let them live; but let them be hewers of wood and drawers of water unto all the congregation; as the princes had promised them.

In Context

20זֹאת נַעֲשֶׂה לָהֶם וְהַחֲיֵה אוֹתָם וְלֹֽא ־ יִֽהְיֶה עָלֵינוּ קֶצֶף עַל ־ הַשְּׁבוּעָה אֲשֶׁר ־ נִשְׁבַּעְנוּ לָהֶֽם ׃

22וַיִּקְרָא לָהֶם יְהוֹשֻׁעַ וַיְדַבֵּר אֲלֵיהֶם לֵאמֹר לָמָּה רִמִּיתֶם אֹתָנוּ לֵאמֹר רְחוֹקִים אֲנַחְנוּ מִכֶּם מְאֹד וְאַתֶּם בְּקִרְבֵּנוּ יֹשְׁבִֽים ׃

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 29:11לְעָבְרְךָ בִּבְרִית יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ וּבְאָלָתוֹ אֲשֶׁר יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ כֹּרֵת עִמְּךָ הַיּֽוֹם ׃

Joshua 9:23וְעַתָּה אֲרוּרִים אַתֶּם וְלֹֽא ־ יִכָּרֵת מִכֶּם עֶבֶד וְחֹטְבֵי עֵצִים וְשֹֽׁאֲבֵי ־ מַיִם לְבֵית אֱלֹהָֽי ׃

Joshua 10:1וַיְהִי כִשְׁמֹעַ אֲדֹֽנִי ־ צֶדֶק מֶלֶךְ יְרוּשָׁלִַם כִּֽי ־ לָכַד יְהוֹשֻׁעַ אֶת ־ הָעַי וַיַּחֲרִימָהּ כַּאֲשֶׁר עָשָׂה לִֽירִיחוֹ וּלְמַלְכָּהּ כֵּן ־ עָשָׂה לָעַי וּלְמַלְכָּהּ וְכִי הִשְׁלִימוּ יֹשְׁבֵי גִבְעוֹן אֶת ־ יִשְׂרָאֵל וַיִּֽהְיוּ בְּקִרְבָּֽם ׃

Matthew Henry on Joshua 9:16-22

The League with the Gibeonites. ( b. c. 1450.) 15 And Joshua made peace with them, and made a league with them, to let them live: and the princes of the congregation sware unto them. 16 And it came to pass at the end of three days after they had made a league with them, that they heard that they were their neighbours, and that they dwelt among them. 17 And the children of Israel journeyed, and came unto their cities on the third day. Now their cities were Gibeon, and Chephirah, and Beeroth, and Kirjath-jearim. 18… Read the whole commentary →

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