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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.
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Service to God is Honorable
Joshua assigned the Gibeonites the menial tasks of cutting wood and drawing water. However, commentators emphasize that because this work was for the "altar of the Lord," it was not degrading but honorable. Matthew Henry notes that any work, no matter how humble, becomes noble when done for God's house and service.
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Reformed Baptist
And Joshua made them that day Constituted and appointed them, ordered and settled them, in the post and office after mentioned…
Presbyterian
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—from which…
