Joshua 9:23
New Living Translation
23 May you be cursed! From now on you will always be servants who cut wood and carry water for the house of my God.”
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Joshua 9:23
New International Version
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.”
Joshua 9:21
New Living Translation
21 Let them live.” So they made them woodcutters and water carriers for the entire community, as the Israelite leaders directed.
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Joshua 9:21
New International Version
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.
Joshua 9:27
New Living Translation
27 But that day he made the Gibeonites the woodcutters and water carriers for the community of Israel and for the altar of the Lord—wherever the Lord would choose to build it. And that is what they do to this day.
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Joshua 9:27
New International Version
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.
Leviticus 27:28-29
New Living Translation
28 “However, anything specially set apart for the Lord—whether a person, an animal, or family property—must never be sold or bought back. Anything devoted in this way has been set apart as holy, and it belongs to the Lord. 29 No person specially set apart for destruction may be bought back. Such a person must be put to death.
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Leviticus 27:28-29
New International Version
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)
Footnotes
- Leviticus 27:28 The Hebrew term refers to the irrevocable giving over of things or persons to the Lord.
- Leviticus 27:29 The Hebrew term refers to the irrevocable giving over of things or persons to the Lord, often by totally destroying them.
Genesis 9:25-26
New Living Translation
25 Then he cursed Canaan, the son of Ham:
“May Canaan be cursed!
May he be the lowest of servants to his relatives.”
26 Then Noah said,
“May the Lord, the God of Shem, be blessed,
and may Canaan be his servant!
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