²¹ And the rulers said to them, “Let them live, but let them be ^(A)woodcutters and water carriers for all the congregation, as the rulers had ^(B)promised them.”

²⁷ And that day Joshua made them ^(A)woodcutters and water carriers for the congregation and for the altar of the Lord, ^(B)in the place which He would choose, even to this day.

^2 (A)And the first inhabitants who dwelt in their possessions in their cities were Israelites, priests, Levites, and ^(B)the Nethinim.