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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>Joshua 9:23 Catholic Bible: Because you did this, God has condemned you. Your people will always be slaves, cutting wood and carrying water for the sanctuary of my God." </title><link rel="canonical" href="https://biblehub.com/catholic/joshua/9-23.htm" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/15002new8.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../vmenus/joshua/9-23.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="/bmcc/joshua/9-23.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="/catholic/">Bible</a> > <a href="/gntd/joshua/1.htm">Joshua</a> > <a href="/gntd/joshua/9.htm">Chapter 9</a> > Verse 23</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div><div id="ad1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/ad1.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../joshua/9-22.htm" title="Joshua 9:22">◄</a> Joshua 9:23 <a href="../joshua/9-24.htm" title="Joshua 9:24">►</a></div></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/nabre/joshua/9.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#552200" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gntd/joshua/9.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Because you did this, God has condemned you. Your people will always be slaves, cutting wood and carrying water for the sanctuary of my God." <p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/joshua/9.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Now therefore you are cursed, and some of you shall always be slaves, hewers of wood and drawers of water for the house of my God.”<p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cevd/joshua/9.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />So now you are under a curse, and from now on your people will have to send workers to cut wood and carry water for the place of worship." <p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/joshua/9.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Now are you accursed: every one of you shall always be a slave, hewers of wood and drawers of water, for the house of my God.”<p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drbc/joshua/9.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Therefore you shall be under a curse, and your race shall always be hewers of wood, and carriers of water, into the house of my God.<div class="vheading2">Treasury of Scripture Knowledge</div><p class="tsk2">Therefore you shall be under a curse, and your race shall always be hewers of wood, and carriers of water, into the house of my God.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../genesis/9-25.htm">Genesis 9:25,26</a> He said: Cursed be Chanaan, a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren. . . . </p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../leviticus/27-28.htm">Leviticus 27:28,29</a> Any thing that is devoted to the Lord, whether it be man, or beast, or field, shall not be sold: neither may it be redeemed. Whatsoever is once consecrated shall be holy of holies to the Lord. . . . </p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../joshua/9-21.htm">Joshua 9:21,27</a> But so let them live, as to serve the whole multitude in hewing wood, and bringing in water. As they were speaking these things, . . . </p></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/drbc/joshua/9.htm">The Deceit of the Gibeonites</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">22</span>Josue called the Gabaonites and said to them: Why would you impose upon us, saying: We dwell far off from you, whereas you are in the midst of us? <span class="reftext">23</span><span class="highl">Therefore you shall be under a curse, and your race shall always be hewers of wood, and carriers of water, into the house of my God.</span><span class="reftext">24</span>They answered: It was told us, thy servants, that the Lord thy God had promised his servant Moses, to give you all the land, and to destroy all the inhabitants thereof. Therefore we feared exceedingly and provided for our lives, compelled by the dread we had of you, and we took this counsel.…<div class="vheading2">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="../genesis/9-25.htm">Genesis 9:25</a></span><br />He said: Cursed be Chanaan, a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../deuteronomy/29-11.htm">Deuteronomy 29:11</a></span><br />Your children and your wives, and the stranger that abideth with thee in the camp, besides the hewers of wood, and them that bring water:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../joshua/9-21.htm">Joshua 9:21</a></span><br />But so let them live, as to serve the whole multitude in hewing wood, and bringing in water. As they were speaking these things,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span></div></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td></td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><div class="vheading2">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/joshua/4-24.htm">Always</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/29-2.htm">Bondmen</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-68.htm">Bond-Men</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-68.htm">Bondservants</a> <a href="/joshua/9-21.htm">Carriers</a> <a href="/joshua/5-12.htm">Cease</a> <a href="/joshua/7-15.htm">Cursed</a> <a href="/joshua/8-22.htm">Cut</a> <a href="/joshua/9-21.htm">Cutters</a> <a href="/joshua/9-21.htm">Cutting</a> <a href="/joshua/9-21.htm">Drawers</a> <a href="/joshua/9-21.htm">Hewers</a> <a href="/joshua/7-18.htm">House</a> <a href="/joshua/8-33.htm">Servant</a> <a href="/joshua/9-21.htm">Servants</a> <a href="/joshua/4-6.htm">Serve</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-68.htm">Slaves</a> <a href="/joshua/9-21.htm">Water</a> <a href="/joshua/9-21.htm">Wood</a> <a href="/joshua/9-21.htm">Woodcutters</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/1_samuel/1-22.htm">Always</a> <a href="/1_samuel/8-16.htm">Bondmen</a> <a href="/1_kings/9-22.htm">Bond-Men</a> <a href="/1_kings/9-21.htm">Bondservants</a> <a href="/joshua/9-27.htm">Carriers</a> <a href="/joshua/22-25.htm">Cease</a> <a href="/joshua/22-20.htm">Cursed</a> <a href="/joshua/10-10.htm">Cut</a> <a href="/joshua/9-27.htm">Cutters</a> <a href="/joshua/9-27.htm">Cutting</a> <a href="/joshua/9-27.htm">Drawers</a> <a href="/joshua/9-27.htm">Hewers</a> <a href="/joshua/17-17.htm">House</a> <a href="/joshua/9-24.htm">Servant</a> <a href="/joshua/9-24.htm">Servants</a> <a href="/joshua/16-10.htm">Serve</a> <a href="/1_samuel/4-9.htm">Slaves</a> <a href="/joshua/9-27.htm">Water</a> <a href="/joshua/9-27.htm">Wood</a> <a href="/joshua/9-27.htm">Woodcutters</a><div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/niv/joshua/9-23.htm">Joshua 9:23 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/joshua/9-23.htm">Joshua 9:23 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/joshua/9-23.htm">Joshua 9:23 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/joshua/9-23.htm">Joshua 9:23 NASB</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/joshua/9-23.htm">Joshua 9:23 Bible Apps</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/joshua/9-23.htm">Joshua 9:23 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/joshua/9-23.htm">Joshua 9:23 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/joshua/9-23.htm">Joshua 9:23 French Bible</a><br /><a href="//bibeltext.com/joshua/9-23.htm">Joshua 9:23 German Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span>Alphabetical: a and are as being both carriers cease curse cursed drawers for God hewers house my never now of serve shall slaves the therefore to under water will wood woodcutters You<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="https://biblehub.com/joshua/9-23.htm">OT History: Joshua 9:23 Now therefore you are cursed and some (Josh. 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