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Joshua 9:23 Cross-References
Explore 4 cross-references for Joshua 9:23 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Joshua chapter 9 verse 23 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“Now therefore ye are cursed, and there shall none of you be freed from being bondmen, and hewers of wood and drawers of water for the house of my God. none: Heb. not be cut off from you”
Joshua 9:23 (KJV)
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Commentary on Joshua 9:23
Now therefore ye are cursed (וְעַתָּה אֲרוּרִים אַתֶּם, ve'atah arurim atem)—Joshua pronounced a perpetual curse making the Gibeonites temple servants. The specific tasks—hewers of wood and drawers of water (חֹטְבֵי עֵצִים וְשֹׁאֲבֵי מַיִם, chotevei etzim vesho'avei mayim)—were menial labors supporting tabernacle worship. This curse paradoxically became blessing: service in God's house rather than annihilation.The phrase echoes Deuteronomy 29:11, where such servants were included in covenant assembly. God transformed judicial penalty into gracious incorporation—Canaanites destined for destruct...
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Cross-References for Joshua 9:23
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“Let them live: so they became wood cutters and drawers of water to all the congregation”
“and for the altar of Yahweh”
“Canaan is cursed. He will be servant of servants to his brothers.”