219. Degrading Service

From: Manners and Customs of the Bible By: James M. Freeman

Joshua 9:21

Joshua 9:21²¹And the princes said unto them, Let them live; but let them be hewers of wood and drawers of water unto all the congregation; as the princes had promised them. (Joshua 9:21). Let them be hewers of wood and drawers of water.

This was a degradation that must have been greatly felt by the Gibeonites, since it compelled them to relinquish the duties of soldiers, and take upon themselves menial services usually performed by women.

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Manners and Customs of the Bible

• 210. Funeral Feasts

• 211. Plastered Monuments

• 212. Idolatrous Spots

• 213. Treading Olives

• 214. The Everlasting Arms

• 215. Roofs Used for Storage

• 216. Knives

• 217. Stone Heaps

• 218. Rent Bottles

• 219. Degrading Service

• 220. Enemies Trodden On

• 221. Mutilation of Captives

• 222. Baalim Asheroth

• 227. Ambush Near Water

• 228. Windows

• 229. Embroidered Garments

• 230. Torches

• 231. Ornaments

• 232. Baal Berith

• 233. Betrothal and Marriage

• 234. Riddles

• 235. Grinding, a Punishment

• 236. Dagon

• 237. Sports Witnessed From the Roof

• 238. The Middle Pillars

• 239. Gleaning