King James Version

What Does Joshua 9:27 Mean?

And Joshua made them that day hewers of wood and drawers of water for the congregation, and for the altar of the LORD, even unto this day, in the place which he should choose. made: Heb. gave, or, delivered to be

Context

25

And now, behold, we are in thine hand: as it seemeth good and right unto thee to do unto us, do.

26

And so did he unto them, and delivered them out of the hand of the children of Israel, that they slew them not.

27

And Joshua made them that day hewers of wood and drawers of water for the congregation, and for the altar of the LORD, even unto this day, in the place which he should choose. made: Heb. gave, or, delivered to be

Commentary

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary
**10-18. Then Joshua commanded the officers of the people--**These were the Shoterim (see on Ex 5:6; De 20:5).

Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset, David Brown. Public Domain.

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