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.

22 Joshua summoned them, and he said to them, “Why did you deceive us, saying, (C)‘We are very far from you,’ when (D)you dwell among us? 23 Now therefore you are cursed, and some of you shall never be anything but servants, (E)cutters of wood and drawers of water for the house of my God.”

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