²³ Now therefore you are cursed, and there shall never fail to be of you bondservants, both wood cutters and drawers of water for the house of my God.

²⁷ That day Joshua made those wood cutters and drawers of water for the congregation, and for the altar of Yahweh, to this day, in the place which he should choose.

²¹ The princes said to them, Let them live: so they became wood cutters and drawers of water to all the congregation, as the princes had spoken to them.

²⁵ He said, "Cursed be Canaan; A servant of servants will he be to his brothers."

²⁶ He said, "Blessed be Yahweh, the God of Shem; Let Canaan be his servant.

²⁸ "'Notwithstanding, no devoted thing, that a man shall devote to Yahweh of all that he has, whether of man or animal, or of the field of his possession, shall be sold or redeemed: every devoted thing is most holy to Yahweh.

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