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21 The leaders then added,[a] “Let them live.” So they became[b] woodcutters and water carriers for the whole community, as the leaders had decided.[c]

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  1. Joshua 9:21 tc Heb “and the leaders said to them.” The LXX omits the words “and the leaders said to them.”
  2. Joshua 9:21 tn The vav (ו) consecutive construction in the Hebrew text suggests that the narrative resumes at this point. The LXX reads here, “and they will be,” understanding what follows to be a continuation of the leaders’ words rather than a comment by the narrator.
  3. Joshua 9:21 tn Heb “as the leaders said to them.”