Joshua 9:27
And Joshua made them that day hewers of wood and drawers of water for the congregation, and for the altar of the LORD, even unto this day, in the place which he should choose.
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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771
Gill's Exposition
And Joshua made them that day,.... Constituted and appointed them, ordered and settled them, in the post and office after mentioned; or "gave" them (u); hence some think they had the name Nethinim,…
The matter is here settled between Joshua and the Gibeonites, and an explanation of the league agreed upon. We may suppose that now, not the messengers who were first sent, but the elders of Gibeon,…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
made them that day It is deserving of notice that the Gibeonites never appear to have betrayed their trust, or enticed Israel into idolatry.