Joshua 9:27
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.
KJV
Decrevitque in illo die eos esse in ministerio cuncti populi, et altaris Domini, cædentes ligna, et aquas comportantes, usque in præsens tempus, in loco quem Dominus elegisset.
Vulgate
ζήσονται, καὶ ἔσονται ξυλοκόποι καὶ ὑδροφόροι πάσῃ τῇ συναγωγῇ, καθάπερ εἶπαν αὐτοῖς οἱ ἄρχοντες.
LXX
And Joshua made them that day hewers of wood and drawers of water for the congregation, and for the altar of Jehovah, unto this day, in the place which he should choose.
ASV
וַ/יִּתְּנֵ֨/ם יְהוֹשֻׁ֜עַ בַּ/יּ֣וֹם הַ/ה֗וּא חֹטְבֵ֥י עֵצִ֛ים וְ/שֹׁ֥אֲבֵי מַ֖יִם לָֽ/עֵדָ֑ה וּ/לְ/מִזְבַּ֤ח יְהוָה֙ עַד הַ/יּ֣וֹם הַ/זֶּ֔ה אֶל הַ/מָּק֖וֹם אֲשֶׁ֥ר יִבְחָֽר
Hebrew
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In this verse
In the original Hebrew
17 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Deut 12:5 — But unto the place which the LORD your God shall choose out of all your tribes to put his name there, even unto his habitation shall ye seek, and thither thou shalt come:
- Ezra 2:58 — All the Nethinims, and the children of Solomon’s servants, were three hundred ninety and two.
- Gen 9:25 — And he said, Cursed be Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren.
- Josh 9:21 — And the princes said unto them, Let them live; but let them be hewers of wood and drawers of water unto all the congregation; as the princes had promised them.
- Josh 9:23 — 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.