²⁵ And now behold, ^(A)we are in your hands; do to us as it seems good and right in your sight to do.” ²⁶ This he did to them, and saved them from the hands of the sons of Israel, and they did not kill them. ²⁷ But on that day Joshua made them gatherers of firewood and ^[a]labor to draw water for the congregation and for the altar of the Lord, to this day, ^(B)in the place which He would choose.