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.”

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.

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.

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.

²⁵ he said,

²⁶ He also said,