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.
• New International Version (NIV)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.
• 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.

Context of Joshua 9:27

25And now, behold, we are in thy hand: do as it seemeth good and right to thee to do to us. 26And so did he to them, and delivered them out of the hand of the children of Israel, that they slew them not. 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.

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

• Joshuaיְהוֹשׁוּעַyehôshûa‛ yehôshûa‛ · JoshuaH3091
• madeנָתַןnâthan · to give: makeH5414
• dayיוֹםyôm · day: todayH3117
• hewersחָטַבchâţab · to chopH2404
• woodעֵץ‛êts · tree: woodH6086
• drawersשָׁאַבshâ'ab · to drawH7579
• waterמַיmayim · waterH4325
• congregationעֵדָה‛êdâh · congregationH5712
• altarמִזְבֵּחַmizbêach · altarH4196
• LORDיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• placeמָקוֹםmâqôm mâqôm meqômâh meqômâh · placeH4725
• chooseבָּחַרbâchar · to chooseH977

Cross-references for Joshua 9:27

• Joshua 9:21And the princes said to them, Let them live; but let them be hewers of wood and drawers of water to all the congregation; as the princes had promised them.
• 1 Chronicles 9:2Now the first inhabitants that dwelt in their possessions in their cities were, the Israelites, the priests, Levites, and the Nethinims.
• Ezra 2:43The Nethinims: the children of Ziha, the children of Hasupha, the children of Tabbaoth,
• Ezra 8:20Also of the Nethinims, whom David and the princes had appointed for the service of the Levites, two hundred and twenty Nethinims: all of them were mentioned by name.
• Nehemiah 7:60All the Nethinims, and the children of Solomon’s servants, were three hundred and ninety and two.
• Nehemiah 11:3Now these are the chief of the province that dwelt in Jerusalem: but in the cities of Judah dwelt every one in his possession in their cities, that is, Israel, the priests, and the Levites, and the Nethinims, and the children of Solomon’s servants.
• Joshua 18:1And the whole congregation of the children of Israel assembled at Shiloh, and set up the tabernacle of the congregation there. And the land was subdued before them.
• Deuteronomy 12:5But the place which the LORD your God shall choose out of all your tribes to put his name there, even his habitation shall ye seek, and there thou shalt come:
• Deuteronomy 16:2Thou shalt therefore sacrifice the passover to the LORD thy God, of the flock and the herd, in the place which the LORD shall choose to place his name there.
• 2 Chronicles 6:6But I have chosen Jerusalem, that my name might be there; and have chosen David to be over my people Israel.
• Psalms 78:68But chose the tribe of Judah, the mount Zion which he loved.
• Psalms 132:13For the LORD hath chosen Zion; he hath desired it for his habitation.
• Isaiah 14:32What shall one then answer the messengers of the nation? That the LORD hath founded Zion, and the poor of his people shall trust in it.

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