Joshua 9:19-21

Modern English Version

¹⁹ Yet all the leaders said to the whole congregation, “We swore to them by the Lord God of Israel, so now we may not harm them. ²⁰ This is what we will do to them. We will let them live so that wrath will not come upon us due to the oath that we swore to them.” ²¹ The leaders of the congregation also said to them, “Let them live!” So they became woodcutters and water carriers for the whole congregation, as the leaders told them.