Joshua 9:23
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23 Now, therefore, you are cursed, and some of you shall always be slaves, woodcutters and drawers of water for the house of my God.”(A)
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Joshua 9:23
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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.”
Joshua 9:21
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21 The leaders said to them, “Let them live.” So they became woodcutters and drawers of water for all the congregation, as the leaders had decided concerning them.(A)
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Joshua 9:21
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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.
Joshua 9:27
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27 But on that day Joshua made them woodcutters and drawers of water for the congregation and for the altar of the Lord, to continue to this day, in the place that he should choose.(A)
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Joshua 9:27
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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.
Leviticus 27:28-29
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28 “Nothing that a person owns that has been devoted to destruction for the Lord, be it human or animal or inherited landholding, may be sold or redeemed; every devoted thing is most holy to the Lord.(A) 29 No human beings who have been devoted to destruction can be ransomed; they shall be put to death.
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Leviticus 27:28-29
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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
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25 he said,
“Cursed be Canaan;
lowest of slaves shall he be to his brothers.”(A)
26 He also said,
“Blessed by the Lord my God be Shem,
and let Canaan be his slave.(B)
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