23 Now therefore, you are (A)cursed, and none of you shall be freed from being slaves—woodcutters and water carriers for the house of my God.”

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23 You are now under a curse:(A) You will never be released from service as woodcutters and water carriers for the house of my God.”

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21 And the rulers said to them, “Let them live, but let them be (A)woodcutters and water carriers for all the congregation, as the rulers had (B)promised them.”

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21 They continued, “Let them live,(A) but let them be woodcutters and water carriers(B) in the service of the whole assembly.” So the leaders’ promise to them was kept.

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27 And that day Joshua made them (A)woodcutters and water carriers for the congregation and for the altar of the Lord, (B)in the place which He would choose, even to this day.

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27 That day he made the Gibeonites(A) woodcutters and water carriers(B) for the assembly, to provide for the needs of the altar of the Lord at the place the Lord would choose.(C) And that is what they are to this day.

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28 (A)‘Nevertheless no [a]devoted offering that a man may devote to the Lord of all that he has, both man and beast, or the field of his possession, shall be sold or redeemed; every devoted offering is most holy to the Lord. 29 (B)No person under the ban, who may become doomed to destruction among men, shall be redeemed, but shall surely be put to death.

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 27:28 Given exclusively and irrevocably

28 “‘But nothing that a person owns and devotes[a](A) to the Lord—whether a human being or an animal or family land—may be sold or redeemed; everything so devoted is most holy(B) to the Lord.

29 “‘No person devoted to destruction[b] may be ransomed; they are to be put to death.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 27:28 The Hebrew term refers to the irrevocable giving over of things or persons to the Lord.
  2. Leviticus 27:29 The Hebrew term refers to the irrevocable giving over of things or persons to the Lord, often by totally destroying them.

25 Then he said:

(A)“Cursed be Canaan;
A (B)servant of servants
He shall be to his brethren.”

26 And he said:

(C)“Blessed be the Lord,
The God of Shem,
And may Canaan be his servant.

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25 he said,

“Cursed(A) be Canaan!(B)
    The lowest of slaves
    will he be to his brothers.(C)

26 He also said,

“Praise be to the Lord, the God of Shem!(D)
    May Canaan be the slave(E) of Shem.

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