Joshua 9:21-23

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

²¹ But so let them live, as to serve the whole multitude in hewing wood, and bringing in water. As they were speaking these things,

²² Josue called the Gabaonites and said to them: Why would you impose upon us, saying: We dwell far off from you, whereas you are in the midst of us?

²³ Therefore you shall be under a curse, and your race shall always be hewers of wood, and carriers of water unto the house of my God.