Jos 9:21 | NET2full | STEP | The leaders then added , “Let them live .” So they became woodcutters and water carriers for the whole community , as the leaders had decided .

‏ Joshua 9:21

21 The leaders then added, ^{▼▼tc Heb “and the leaders said to them.” The LXX omits the words “and the leaders said to them.”} “Let them live.” So they became ^{▼▼tn The vav (ו) consecutive construction in the Hebrew text suggests that the narrative resumes at this point. The LXX reads here, “and they will be,” understanding what follows to be a continuation of the leaders’ words rather than a comment by the narrator.} woodcutters and water carriers for the whole community, as the leaders had decided. ^{▼▼tn Heb “as the leaders said to them.”}