23 Now therefore you are cursed, and some of you shall never be anything but servants, (A)cutters of wood and drawers of water for the house of my God.”

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21 And the leaders said to them, “Let them live.” So they became (A)cutters of wood and drawers of water for all the congregation, just as the leaders (B)had said of them.

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27 But Joshua made them that day (A)cutters of wood and drawers of water for the congregation and for the altar of the Lord, to this day, (B)in the place that he should choose.

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28 “But (A)no devoted thing that a man devotes to the Lord, of anything that he has, whether man or beast, or of his inherited field, shall be sold or redeemed; every devoted thing is most holy to the Lord. 29 (B)No one devoted, who is to be devoted for destruction[a] from mankind, shall be ransomed; he shall surely be put to death.

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 27:29 That is, set apart (devoted) as an offering to the Lord (for destruction)

25 he said,

(A)“Cursed be Canaan;
    (B)a servant of servants shall he be to his brothers.”

26 He also said,

“Blessed be the Lord, the God of Shem;
    and let Canaan be his servant.

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