Treasury of Scripture Knowledge 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. Genesis 9:25,26 He said: Cursed be Chanaan, a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren. . . . Leviticus 27:28,29 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. . . . Joshua 9:21,27 But so let them live, as to serve the whole multitude in hewing wood, and bringing in water. As they were speaking these things, . . . Context The Deceit of the Gibeonites…22Josue 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? 23Therefore 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.24They 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.… Cross References Genesis 9:25 He said: Cursed be Chanaan, a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren. Deuteronomy 29:11 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: Joshua 9:21 But so let them live, as to serve the whole multitude in hewing wood, and bringing in water. As they were speaking these things, Lexicon Now thereforeוְעַתָּ֖ה (wə·‘at·tāh) Conjunctive waw | Adverb Strong's Hebrew 6258: At this time you אַתֶּ֑ם (’at·tem) Pronoun - second person masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 859: Thou and thee, ye and you are under a curse אֲרוּרִ֣ים (’ă·rū·rîm) Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 779: To execrate and will perpetually וְלֹֽא־ (wə·lō-) Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no serve עֶ֗בֶד (‘e·ḇeḏ) Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 5650: Slave, servant as woodcutters וְחֹטְבֵ֥י (wə·ḥō·ṭə·ḇê) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct Strong's Hebrew 2404: To cut or gather wood and water מַ֖יִם (ma·yim) Noun - masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 4325: Water, juice, urine, semen carriers וְשֹֽׁאֲבֵי־ (wə·šō·’ă·ḇê-) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct Strong's Hebrew 7579: To bale up water for the house לְבֵ֥ית (lə·ḇêṯ) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's Hebrew 1004: A house of my God.” אֱלֹהָֽי׃ (’ĕ·lō·hāy) Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singular Strong's Hebrew 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative Additional Translations Now therefore you are under a curse and will perpetually serve as woodcutters and water carriers for the house of my God.”Now therefore you are cursed, and there shall none of you be freed from being slaves, and hewers of wood and drawers of water for the house of my God. Now therefore ye are cursed, and there shall never fail to be of you bondmen, both hewers of wood and drawers of water for the house of my God. And now ye are cursed: there shall not fail of you a slave, or a hewer of wood, or a drawer of water to me and my God. And now ye are cursed, and ye shall never cease to be bondmen, and hewers of wood, and drawers of water for the house of my God. Now therefore ye are cursed, and there shall never fail to be of you bondmen, both hewers of wood and drawers of water for the house of my God. Now therefore ye are cursed, and there shall none of you be freed from being bond-men, and hewers of wood and drawers of water for the house of my God. Now therefore you are cursed, and some of you will never fail to be bondservants, both wood cutters and drawers of water for the house of my God." and now, cursed are ye, and none of you is cut off from being a servant, even hewers of wood and drawers of water, for the house of my God.' 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