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

25Now behold, we are in your hand. Whatever seems good and right in your eyes to do to us, do.” 26Thus he did to them, delivering them from the hand of Bnei-Yisrael, so they did not slay them. On that day Joshua made them wood-choppers and water-carriers for the community, and for the altar of Adonai in the place which He would choose. So it is 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 9:21“Yes, let them live,” the leaders said further, “but let them chop wood and draw water for the entire community.” So the leaders decreed concerning them.
• 1 Chronicles 9:2The first to settle on their property in their towns were Israelites, kohanim, Levites and the Temple servants.
• Ezra 2:43The Temple servants: the sons of Ziha, the sons Hasupha, the sons of Tabbaoth,
• Ezra 8:20Also from the sanctuary servants, whom David and his officials had given for the work of the Levites, 220 sanctuary servants, all of them designated by name.
• Nehemiah 7:60All the Temple servants and the sons of Solomon’s servants—392.
• Nehemiah 11:3These are the leaders of the province who dwelt in Jerusalem. (Some of Israel, the kohanim, the Levites, the Temple servants, and the children of Solomon’s servants dwelt in the towns of Judah, each on his own property in their towns,
• Joshua 18:1Then the whole congregation of Bnei-Yisrael assembled at Shiloh and set up the Tent of Meeting there, after the land was now subdued before them.
• Deuteronomy 12:5Rather you are to seek only the place Adonai your God chooses from all your tribes to put His Name to dwell—there you will come.
• Deuteronomy 16:2You are to sacrifice the Passover offering to Adonai your God, from the flock and the herd, in the place Adonai chooses to make His Name dwell.
• 2 Chronicles 6:6But I have chosen Jerusalem that My Name would abide there and I have chosen David to be over My people Israel.’
• Psalms 78:68Instead He chose the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion, which He loved.
• Psalms 132:13For Adonai has chosen Zion, He has desired it for His dwelling:
• Isaiah 14:32What will they answer the messengers of the nation? For Adonai has founded Zion, and the afflicted of His people will find refuge in her.

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
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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