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And that is what they are to this day.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/joshua/9.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />But that day he made the Gibeonites the woodcutters and water carriers for the community of Israel and for the altar of the LORD—wherever the LORD would choose to build it. And that is what they do to this day.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/joshua/9.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />But Joshua made them that day cutters of wood and drawers of water for the congregation and for the altar of the LORD, to this day, in the place that he should choose.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/joshua/9.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />On that day he made them woodcutters and water carriers, as they are to this day for the congregation of the LORD and for the altar at the place He would choose.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/joshua/9.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/joshua/9.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />And that day Joshua made them woodcutters and water carriers for the congregation and for the altar of the LORD, in the place which He would choose, even to this day.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/joshua/9.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />But on that day Joshua made them gatherers of firewood and labor to draw water for the congregation and for the altar of the LORD, to this day, in the place which He would choose.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/joshua/9.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />But Joshua made them that day hewers of wood and drawers of water for the congregation and for the altar of the LORD, to this day, in the place which He would choose.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/joshua/9.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />But Joshua made them that day hewers of wood and drawers of water for the congregation and for the altar of the LORD, to this day, in the place which He would choose.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/joshua/9.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />But Joshua made them that day hewers of wood and drawers of water for the congregation and for the altar of Yahweh, to this day, in the place which He would choose.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/joshua/9.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Now on that day Joshua made them cutters <i>and</i> gatherers of firewood and water carriers for the congregation and for the altar of the LORD, to this day, in the place which He would choose.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/joshua/9.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />On that day he made them woodcutters and water carriers—as they are today—for the community and for the LORD’s altar at the place he would choose.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/joshua/9.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />On that day he made them woodcutters and water carriers—as they are today—for the community and for the LORD&#8217s altar at the place He would choose. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/joshua/9.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/joshua/9.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />but he did tell the Gibeonites that they would have to be servants of the nation of Israel. They would have to cut firewood and bring it for the priests to use for burning sacrifices on the LORD's altar, wherever the LORD decided the altar would be. The Gibeonites would also have to carry water for the priests. And that is still the work of the Gibeonites. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/joshua/9.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And Joshua made them that day hewers of wood and drawers of water for the congregation, and for the altar of the LORD, unto this day, in the place which he should choose.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/joshua/9.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />But that day Joshua made them woodcutters and water carriers for the congregation. They served the LORD's altar, wherever he chose to put it. They still serve today.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/joshua/9.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />But at the same time he made them slaves, to cut wood and carry water for the people of Israel and for the LORD's altar. To this day they have continued to do this work in the place where the LORD has chosen to be worshiped. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/joshua/9.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />However, on that very day Joshua made them become wood cutters and water carriers for the congregation and for the LORD's altar in the place that he should choose, and this tradition continues to this day.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/joshua/9.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />On that day he made them woodcutters and water carriers, as they are to this day for the congregation of the LORD and for the altar at the place He would choose.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/joshua/9.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />and that day made them woodcutters and water carriers for the community and for the altar of the LORD at the divinely chosen site. (They continue in that capacity to this very day.) <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/joshua/9.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />That day Joshua made them wood cutters and drawers of water for the congregation and for the altar of the LORD, to this day, in the place which he should choose.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/joshua/9.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And Joshua made them that day hewers of wood and drawers of water for the congregation, and for the altar of the LORD, even to this day, in the place which he should choose.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/joshua/9.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />That day Joshua made them wood cutters and drawers of water for the congregation and for Yahweh’s altar to this day, in the place which he should choose. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/joshua/9.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />and on that day Joshua makes them hewers of wood and drawers of water for the congregation, and for the altar of YHWH, to this day, at the place which He chooses.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/joshua/9.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> and Joshua maketh them on that day hewers of wood and drawers of water for the company, and for the altar of Jehovah, unto this day, at the place which He doth choose.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/joshua/9.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And Joshua will give them in that day hewing wood and drawing water for the assembly and for the altar of Jehovah till this day, to the place which he shall choose.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/joshua/9.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And he gave orders in that day that they should be in the service of all the people, and of the altar of the Lord, hewing wood and carrying water, until this present time, in the place which the Lord hath chosen. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/joshua/9.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And he decreed on that day, that they would be in the ministry of all the people and of the altar of the Lord, cutting wood and carrying water, even until this present time, in the place which the Lord had chosen.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/joshua/9.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />on that day he made them, as they still are, hewers of wood and drawers of water for the community and for the altar of the LORD, in the place the LORD would choose.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/joshua/9.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />But on that day Joshua made them hewers of wood and drawers of water for the congregation and for the altar of the LORD, to continue to this day, in the place that he should choose.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/joshua/9.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And Joshua made them that day gatherers of wood and drawers of water for the congregation and for the altar of the LORD, even to this day, in the place which he should choose.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/joshua/9.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And that day Yeshua made them gatherers of wood and they filled the water for the assembly and for the altar of LORD JEHOVAH until today, in the place that LORD JEHOVAH pleased <div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/joshua/9.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And Joshua made them that day hewers of wood and drawers of water for the congregation, and for the altar of the LORD, unto this day, in the place which He should choose.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/joshua/9.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And Joshua made them in that day hewers of wood and drawers of water to the whole congregation, and for the altar of God: therefore the inhabitants of Gabaon became hewers of wood and drawers of water for the altar of God until this day, even for the place which the Lord should choose.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/joshua/9-27.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/p91zXIGB0Rk?start=2363" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/joshua/9.htm">The Deceit of the Gibeonites</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">26</span>So Joshua did this and delivered them from the hands of the Israelites, and they did not kill the Gibeonites. <span class="reftext">27</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/1931.htm" title="1931: ha·hū (Art:: Pro-3ms) -- He, she, it. ">On that</a> <a href="/hebrew/3117.htm" title="3117: bay·yō·wm (Prep-b, Art:: N-ms) -- Day. From an unused root meaning to be hot; a day, whether literal, or figurative.">day</a> <a href="/hebrew/3091.htm" title="3091: yə·hō·wō·šu·a‘ (N-proper-ms) -- Or Yhowshua; from Yhovah and yasha'; Jehovah-saved; Jehoshua, the Jewish leader.">he</a> <a href="/hebrew/5414.htm" title="5414: way·yit·tə·nêm (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms:: 3mp) -- To give, put, set. A primitive root; to give, used with greatest latitude of application.">made them</a> <a href="/hebrew/2404.htm" title="2404: ḥō·ṭə·ḇê (V-Qal-Prtcpl-mpc) -- To cut or gather wood. A primitive root; to chop or carve wood.">woodcutters</a> <a href="/hebrew/6086.htm" title="6086: ‘ê·ṣîm (N-mp) -- Tree, trees, wood. From atsah; a tree; hence, wood."></a> <a href="/hebrew/4325.htm" title="4325: ma·yim (N-mp) -- Waters, water. Dual of a primitive noun; water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen.">and water</a> <a href="/hebrew/7579.htm" title="7579: wə·šō·’ă·ḇê (Conj-w:: V-Qal-Prtcpl-mpc) -- To draw (water). A primitive root; to bale up water.">carriers,</a> <a href="/hebrew/5704.htm" title="5704: ‘aḏ- (Prep) -- As far as, even to, up to, until, while. Properly, the same as ad; as far as, whether of space or time or degree.">as they are to this day</a> <a href="/hebrew/3117.htm" title="3117: hay·yō·wm (Art:: N-ms) -- Day. From an unused root meaning to be hot; a day, whether literal, or figurative."></a> <a href="/hebrew/2088.htm" title="2088: haz·zeh (Art:: Pro-ms) -- This, here. A primitive word; the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that."></a> <a href="/hebrew/5712.htm" title="5712: lā·‘ê·ḏāh (Prep-l, Art:: N-fs) -- Congregation. Feminine of ed in the original sense of fixture; a stated assemblage.">for the congregation</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">of the LORD</a> <a href="/hebrew/4196.htm" title="4196: ū·lə·miz·baḥ (Conj-w, Prep-l:: N-msc) -- An altar. From zabach; an altar.">and for the altar</a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: ’el- (Prep) -- To, into, towards. ">at</a> <a href="/hebrew/4725.htm" title="4725: ham·mā·qō·wm (Art:: N-ms) -- Or maqom; also mqowmah; or mqomah; from quwm; properly, a standing, i.e. A spot; but used widely of a locality; also of a condition.">the place</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc."></a> <a href="/hebrew/977.htm" title="977: yiḇ·ḥār (V-Qal-Imperf-3ms) -- To choose. A primitive root; properly, to try, i.e. select.">He would choose.</a> </span><div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/29-11.htm">Deuteronomy 29:11</a></span><br />your children and wives, and the foreigners in your camps who cut your wood and draw your water—<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/9-21.htm">1 Kings 9:21</a></span><br />their descendants who remained in the land, those whom the Israelites were unable to devote to destruction—Solomon conscripted these people to be forced laborers, as they are to this day.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/8-7.htm">2 Chronicles 8:7-8</a></span><br />As for all the people who remained of the Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites (these people were not Israelites)— / their descendants who remained in the land, those whom the Israelites had not destroyed—Solomon conscripted these people to be forced laborers, as they are to this day.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/27-19.htm">Exodus 27:19</a></span><br />All the utensils of the tabernacle for every use, including all its tent pegs and the tent pegs of the courtyard, shall be made of bronze.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/30-17.htm">Exodus 30:17-21</a></span><br />And the LORD said to Moses, / “You are to make a bronze basin with a bronze stand for washing. Set it between the Tent of Meeting and the altar, and put water in it, / with which Aaron and his sons are to wash their hands and feet. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/24-1.htm">Leviticus 24:1-4</a></span><br />Then the LORD said to Moses, / “Command the Israelites to bring you pure oil of pressed olives for the light, to keep the lamps burning continually. / Outside the veil of the Testimony in the Tent of Meeting, Aaron is to tend the lamps continually before the LORD from evening until morning. This is to be a permanent statute for the generations to come. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/4-23.htm">Numbers 4:23-24</a></span><br />from thirty to fifty years old, counting everyone who comes to serve in the work at the Tent of Meeting. / This is the service of the Gershonite clans regarding work and transport:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/2-18.htm">1 Samuel 2:18</a></span><br />Now Samuel was ministering before the LORD—a boy wearing a linen ephod.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_chronicles/9-2.htm">1 Chronicles 9:2</a></span><br />Now the first to resettle their own property in their cities were Israelites, priests, Levites, and temple servants.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/nehemiah/3-26.htm">Nehemiah 3:26</a></span><br />and the temple servants living on the hill of Ophel made repairs opposite the Water Gate toward the east and the tower that juts out.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/nehemiah/11-21.htm">Nehemiah 11:21</a></span><br />The temple servants lived on the hill of Ophel, with Ziha and Gishpa over them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/11-29.htm">Matthew 11:29-30</a></span><br />Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. / For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/20-26.htm">Matthew 20:26-28</a></span><br />It shall not be this way among you. Instead, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant, / and whoever wants to be first among you must be your slave— / just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life as a ransom for many.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/mark/10-43.htm">Mark 10:43-45</a></span><br />But it shall not be this way among you. Instead, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant, / and whoever wants to be first must be the slave of all. / For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life as a ransom for many.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/22-26.htm">Luke 22:26-27</a></span><br />But you shall not be like them. Instead, the greatest among you should be like the youngest, and the one who leads like the one who serves. / For who is greater, the one who reclines at the table or the one who serves? Is it not the one who reclines? But I am among you as one who serves.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And Joshua made them that day hewers of wood and drawers of water for the congregation, and for the altar of the LORD, even to this day, in the place which he should choose.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/joshua/9-21.htm">Joshua 9:21,23</a></b></br> 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… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_chronicles/9-2.htm">1 Chronicles 9:2</a></b></br> Now the first inhabitants that <i>dwelt</i> in their possessions in their cities <i>were</i>, the Israelites, the priests, Levites, and the Nethinims.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezra/2-43.htm">Ezra 2:43</a></b></br> The Nethinims: the children of Ziha, the children of Hasupha, the children of Tabbaoth,</p><p class="hdg">Nethinim </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/joshua/18-1.htm">Joshua 18:1</a></b></br> And the whole congregation of the children of Israel assembled together at Shiloh, and set up the tabernacle of the congregation there. And the land was subdued before them.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/12-5.htm">Deuteronomy 12:5</a></b></br> But unto the place which the LORD your God shall choose out of all your tribes to put his name there, <i>even</i> unto his habitation shall ye seek, and thither thou shalt come:</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/16-2.htm">Deuteronomy 16:2,6,16</a></b></br> Thou shalt therefore sacrifice the passover unto the LORD thy God, of the flock and the herd, in the place which the LORD shall choose to place his name there… </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/joshua/8-31.htm">Altar</a> <a href="/joshua/9-21.htm">Assembly</a> <a href="/joshua/9-23.htm">Carriers</a> <a href="/joshua/4-2.htm">Choose</a> <a href="/joshua/9-21.htm">Community</a> <a href="/joshua/9-21.htm">Company</a> <a href="/joshua/9-21.htm">Congregation</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/25-3.htm">Continue</a> <a href="/joshua/9-23.htm">Cutters</a> <a href="/joshua/9-23.htm">Cutting</a> <a href="/joshua/9-23.htm">Drawers</a> <a href="/joshua/9-23.htm">Hewers</a> <a href="/joshua/9-26.htm">Joshua</a> <a href="/joshua/9-15.htm">Maketh</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/32-8.htm">Marked</a> <a href="/joshua/9-24.htm">Servants</a> <a href="/joshua/9-23.htm">Water</a> <a href="/joshua/9-23.htm">Wood</a> <a href="/joshua/9-23.htm">Woodcutters</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/joshua/22-10.htm">Altar</a> <a href="/joshua/18-1.htm">Assembly</a> <a href="/1_kings/5-15.htm">Carriers</a> <a href="/joshua/24-15.htm">Choose</a> <a href="/joshua/22-18.htm">Community</a> <a href="/joshua/22-17.htm">Company</a> <a href="/joshua/18-1.htm">Congregation</a> <a href="/joshua/13-13.htm">Continue</a> <a href="/ruth/2-3.htm">Cutters</a> <a href="/joshua/24-20.htm">Cutting</a> <a href="/hebrews/10-39.htm">Drawers</a> <a href="/1_kings/5-15.htm">Hewers</a> <a href="/joshua/10-1.htm">Joshua</a> <a href="/joshua/24-25.htm">Maketh</a> <a href="/joshua/15-1.htm">Marked</a> <a href="/joshua/10-6.htm">Servants</a> <a href="/joshua/14-8.htm">Water</a> <a href="/joshua/17-15.htm">Wood</a> <a href="/jeremiah/46-22.htm">Woodcutters</a><div class="vheading2">Joshua 9</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/joshua/9-1.htm">The kings combine against Israel</a></span><br><span class="reftext">3. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/joshua/9-3.htm">The Gibeonites by craft obtain a league</a></span><br><span class="reftext">22. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/joshua/9-22.htm">They are condemned to perpetual bondage</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/joshua/9.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/joshua/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/joshua/9.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>On that day</b><br>This phrase indicates a specific moment in time, highlighting the immediate consequences of the covenant made between the Israelites and the Gibeonites. It reflects the swift implementation of the decision made by Joshua and the leaders of Israel.<p><b>he made them woodcutters and water carriers</b><br>The roles of woodcutters and water carriers were menial and servile, often assigned to the lowest social classes or to those who were subjugated. This reflects the Gibeonites' status as subjects under Israelite control. The tasks were essential for the daily functioning of the community, especially in religious practices, as wood was needed for sacrifices and water for purification rituals.<p><b>as they are to this day</b><br>This phrase suggests the enduring nature of the Gibeonites' roles, indicating that the arrangement persisted for a significant period. It underscores the long-term impact of the covenant and the faithfulness of Israel in upholding their agreements, even with those who had deceived them.<p><b>for the congregation of the LORD</b><br>The congregation refers to the assembly of the Israelites, the people chosen by God. The Gibeonites' service to the congregation implies their integration into the community, albeit in a subservient role. This reflects the broader biblical theme of God's mercy and the inclusion of Gentiles into His plans.<p><b>and for the altar</b><br>The altar was central to Israelite worship, where sacrifices and offerings were made to God. The Gibeonites' service at the altar signifies their contribution to the religious life of Israel, despite their initial deception. It highlights the importance of the altar in maintaining the covenant relationship between God and His people.<p><b>at the place He would choose</b><br>This phrase refers to the future centralization of worship in a specific location chosen by God, which would later be Jerusalem. It points to the prophetic nature of God's plans and the eventual establishment of a permanent place of worship, foreshadowing the coming of Christ, who would fulfill the law and the prophets.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/j/joshua.htm">Joshua</a></b><br>The leader of Israel who succeeded Moses and led the Israelites into the Promised Land. He is responsible for making the Gibeonites servants.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/g/gibeonites.htm">Gibeonites</a></b><br>A group of people from Gibeon who deceived the Israelites into making a peace treaty with them. They became woodcutters and water carriers for the Israelites.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/i/israelites.htm">Israelites</a></b><br>The people of God who are entering and taking possession of the Promised Land under Joshua's leadership.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_altar_of_the_lord.htm">The Altar of the LORD</a></b><br>The place of worship and sacrifice for the Israelites, where the Gibeonites served as woodcutters and water carriers.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_place_he_would_choose.htm">The Place He Would Choose</a></b><br>Refers to the future location of the central place of worship, which would eventually be Jerusalem.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_in_human_affairs.htm">God's Sovereignty in Human Affairs</a></b><br>Despite the Gibeonites' deception, God used their service for His purposes. This teaches us that God can use even our mistakes for His glory.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_keeping_covenants.htm">The Importance of Keeping Covenants</a></b><br>Joshua honored the treaty with the Gibeonites, reminding us of the importance of keeping our promises, even when made under less-than-ideal circumstances.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/service_in_god's_kingdom.htm">Service in God's Kingdom</a></b><br>The Gibeonites' roles as woodcutters and water carriers highlight that every role in God's kingdom is valuable and necessary for worship and community life.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_deception.htm">The Consequences of Deception</a></b><br>The Gibeonites' deception led to a life of servitude, illustrating that deceit can have long-lasting consequences.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_grace_and_inclusion.htm">God's Grace and Inclusion</a></b><br>Despite their deception, the Gibeonites were incorporated into the life of Israel, showing God's grace and the possibility of inclusion for all who seek Him.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_joshua_9.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Joshua 9</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_allow_leaders_to_be_misled,_god.htm">Why would an omniscient God allow His leaders to be misled in such a strategic event (Joshua 9)?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/who_are_the_gibeonites.htm">What is the identity of the Gibeonites?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/nehemiah_11_21__nethinim_proof.htm">Nehemiah 11:21 – What archaeological proof exists for the Nethinim and their service near the Temple, as described in this passage? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_a_famine_in_david's_reign.htm">Why was there a famine during David's reign?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/joshua/9.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 27.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">And for the altar</span> (see note on ver. 21). <span class="cmt_word">In the place which he should choose.</span> This phrase, and especially the use of the imperfect tense, implies that Solomon's temple was not yet built. The ark of God, and the tabernacle which contained it, had several resting places before its final deposition in the temple (see note on Joshua 24:1). And the grammatical construction just referred to also implies that there was more than one place. It is also clear, from the language of <a href="/2_samuel/21-1.htm">2 Samuel 21:1-6</a>, that this narrative was already in existence when that chapter was penned. It is equally clear that the author of this passage knew nothing of that (see Introduction). <p> <p> <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/joshua/9-27.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">On that</span><br /><span class="heb">הַה֗וּא</span> <span class="translit">(ha·hū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Pronoun - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1931.htm">Strong's 1931: </a> </span><span class="str2">He, self, the same, this, that, as, are</span><br /><br /><span class="word">day</span><br /><span class="heb">בַּיּ֣וֹם</span> <span class="translit">(bay·yō·wm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3117.htm">Strong's 3117: </a> </span><span class="str2">A day</span><br /><br /><span class="word">he</span><br /><span class="heb">יְהוֹשֻׁ֜עַ</span> <span class="translit">(yə·hō·wō·šu·a‘)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3091.htm">Strong's 3091: </a> </span><span class="str2">Joshua -- 'the LORD is salvation', Moses' successor, also the name of a number of Israelites</span><br /><br /><span class="word">made</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיִּתְּנֵ֨ם</span> <span class="translit">(way·yit·tə·nêm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5414.htm">Strong's 5414: </a> </span><span class="str2">To give, put, set</span><br /><br /><span class="word">them woodcutters</span><br /><span class="heb">חֹטְבֵ֥י</span> <span class="translit">(ḥō·ṭə·ḇê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2404.htm">Strong's 2404: </a> </span><span class="str2">To cut or gather wood</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and water</span><br /><span class="heb">מַ֖יִם</span> <span class="translit">(ma·yim)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4325.htm">Strong's 4325: </a> </span><span class="str2">Water, juice, urine, semen</span><br /><br /><span class="word">carriers,</span><br /><span class="heb">וְשֹׁ֥אֲבֵי</span> <span class="translit">(wə·šō·’ă·ḇê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7579.htm">Strong's 7579: </a> </span><span class="str2">To bale up water</span><br /><br /><span class="word">as they are to this day,</span><br /><span class="heb">עַד־</span> <span class="translit">(‘aḏ-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5704.htm">Strong's 5704: </a> </span><span class="str2">As far as, even to, up to, until, while</span><br /><br /><span class="word">for the congregation</span><br /><span class="heb">לָֽעֵדָ֑ה</span> <span class="translit">(lā·‘ê·ḏāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l, Article | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5712.htm">Strong's 5712: </a> </span><span class="str2">A stated assemblage</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of the LORD</span><br /><span class="heb">יְהוָה֙</span> <span class="translit">(Yah·weh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> </span><span class="str2">LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and for the altar</span><br /><span class="heb">וּלְמִזְבַּ֤ח</span> <span class="translit">(ū·lə·miz·baḥ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4196.htm">Strong's 4196: </a> </span><span class="str2">An altar</span><br /><br /><span class="word">at</span><br /><span class="heb">אֶל־</span> <span class="translit">(’el-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_413.htm">Strong's 413: </a> </span><span class="str2">Near, with, among, to</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the place</span><br /><span class="heb">הַמָּק֖וֹם</span> <span class="translit">(ham·mā·qō·wm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4725.htm">Strong's 4725: </a> </span><span class="str2">A standing, a spot, a condition</span><br /><br /><span class="word">He would choose.</span><br /><span class="heb">יִבְחָֽר׃</span> <span class="translit">(yiḇ·ḥār)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_977.htm">Strong's 977: </a> </span><span class="str2">To try, select</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/joshua/9-27.htm">Joshua 9:27 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/joshua/9-27.htm">Joshua 9:27 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/joshua/9-27.htm">Joshua 9:27 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/joshua/9-27.htm">Joshua 9:27 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/joshua/9-27.htm">Joshua 9:27 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/joshua/9-27.htm">Joshua 9:27 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/joshua/9-27.htm">Joshua 9:27 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/joshua/9-27.htm">Joshua 9:27 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/joshua/9-27.htm">Joshua 9:27 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/joshua/9-27.htm">Joshua 9:27 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/joshua/9-27.htm">OT History: Joshua 9:27 That day Joshua made them wood cutters (Josh. 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