Joshua 9:27

Joshua 9:27 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• English Standard Version (ESV)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.
• New King James Version (NKJV)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.
• New Living Translation (NLT)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.

Context of Joshua 9:27

25We are now in your hands. Do to us whatever seems good and right to you.” 26So Joshua saved them from the Israelites, and they did not kill them. That day he made the Gibeonites woodcutters and water carriers for the assembly, to provide for the needs of the altar of the Lord at the place the Lord would choose. And that is what they are to this day.

Joshua 9:27 word by word

וַיִּתְּנֵ֨ם יְהוֹשֻׁ֜עַ בַּיּ֣וֹם הַה֗וּא חֹטְבֵ֥י עֵצִ֛ים וְשֹׁ֥אֲבֵי מַ֖יִם לָֽעֵדָ֑ה וּלְמִזְבַּ֤ח יְהוָה֙ עַד־הַיּ֣וֹם הַזֶּ֔ה אֶל־הַמָּק֖וֹם אֲשֶׁ֥ר יִבְחָֽר׃ פRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And Joshuaיְהוֹשׁוּעַyehôshûa‛ yehôshûa‛ · JoshuaH3091
• madeנָתַןnâthan · to give: makeH5414
• them that dayיוֹםyôm · day: todayH3117
• hewersחָטַבchâţab · to chopH2404
• of woodעֵץ‛êts · tree: woodH6086
• and drawersשָׁאַבshâ'ab · to drawH7579
• of waterמַיmayim · waterH4325
• for the congregationעֵדָה‛êdâh · congregationH5712
• and for the altarמִזְבֵּחַmizbêach · altarH4196
• of the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• in the placeמָקוֹםmâqôm mâqôm meqômâh meqômâh · placeH4725
• which he should chooseבָּחַרbâchar · to chooseH977

Cross-references for Joshua 9:27

• Joshua 9:21They continued, “Let them live, but let them be woodcutters and water carriers in the service of the whole assembly.” So the leaders’ promise to them was kept.
• 1 Chronicles 9:2Now the first to resettle on their own property in their own towns were some Israelites, priests, Levites and temple servants.
• Ezra 2:43The temple servants: the descendants of Ziha, Hasupha, Tabbaoth,
• Ezra 8:20They also brought 220 of the temple servants—a body that David and the officials had established to assist the Levites. All were registered by name.
• Nehemiah 7:60The temple servants and the descendants of the servants of Solomon 392
• Nehemiah 11:3These are the provincial leaders who settled in Jerusalem (now some Israelites, priests, Levites, temple servants and descendants of Solomon’s servants lived in the towns of Judah, each on their own property in the various towns,
• Joshua 18:1The whole assembly of the Israelites gathered at Shiloh and set up the tent of meeting there. The country was brought under their control,
• Deuteronomy 12:5But you are to seek the place the Lord your God will choose from among all your tribes to put his Name there for his dwelling. To that place you must go;
• Deuteronomy 16:2Sacrifice as the Passover to the Lord your God an animal from your flock or herd at the place the Lord will choose as a dwelling for his Name.
• 2 Chronicles 6:6But now I have chosen Jerusalem for my Name to be there, and I have chosen David to rule my people Israel.’
• Psalms 78:68but he chose the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion, which he loved.
• Psalms 132:13For the Lord has chosen Zion, he has desired it for his dwelling, saying,
• Isaiah 14:32What answer shall be given to the envoys of that nation? “The Lord has established Zion, and in her his afflicted people will find refuge.”

Commentaries on Joshua 9:27

• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 22-27Verses 22-27 The Gibeonites do not justify their lie, but plead that they did it to save their lives. And the fear was not merely of the power of man; one might flee from that to the Divine protection; but of the power of God himself, which they saw engaged against them. Joshua sentences them to perpetual bondage. They must be servants, but any work becomes honourable, when it is done for the house of the Lord, and the offices thereof. Let us, in like…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 26-27This summary ends the account of Joshua’s second and final major mistake as a leader. to this day: See study note on 4:9.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 18-2718-27. the children of Israel smote them not--The moral character of the Gibeonites' stratagem was bad. The princes of the congregation did not vindicate either the expediency or the lawfulness of the connection they had formed; but they felt the solemn obligations of their oath; and, although the popular clamor was loud against them, caused either by disappointment at losing the spoils of Gibeon, or by displeasure at the apparent breach of the divine…Read the comment

Topics related to Joshua 9:27

• Contracts
• Gibeon
• Joshua
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• Magnanimity
• Servant

In the dictionaries

• Joshua
• That Day
• Alliance
• Gibeon
• Nethinim
• Slave
• Wilily
• Chephirah
• Choose; Chosen
• Exodus, the Book of

Commentaries on Joshua 9

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings