²³ 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.

²⁷ And Joshua made them that day hewers of wood and drawers of water for the congregation, and for the altar of Jehovah, unto this day, in the place which he should choose.

²¹ And the princes said unto them, Let them live: so they became hewers of wood and drawers of water unto all the congregation, as the princes had spoken unto them.

²⁵ And he said, Cursed be Canaan; A servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren.

²⁶ And he said, Blessed be Jehovah, the God of Shem; And let Canaan be his servant.

²⁸ Notwithstanding, no devoted thing, that a man shall devote unto Jehovah of all that he hath, whether of man or beast, or of the field of his possession, shall be sold or redeemed: every devoted thing is most holy unto Jehovah.

²⁹ No one devoted, that shall be devoted from among men, shall be ransomed; he shall surely be put to death.