Joshua 9:25

25 Now, here we are in your power. Do to us whatever seems good and proper to you."

Joshua 9:25 Meaning and Commentary

Joshua 9:25

And now, behold, we [are] in thine hand
In thy power, and at thy disposal, and are ready to submit to whatsoever may be enjoined us:

as it seemeth good and right unto thee to do unto us, do;
do what is consistent with the laws of kindness, and with the rules of justice, and particularly with the league made, and oath taken; all which they left with him to consider of, and to do as in his wisdom and goodness he should see fit.

Joshua 9:25 In-Context

23 So now you are cursed. Some of you will always serve as woodcutters and water haulers for my God's house."

24 They answered Joshua, "Your servants had been told that the LORD your God had commanded his servant Moses to give you the entire land and to wipe out all its population on your account. So we feared for our very lives because of you and did this thing.

25 Now, here we are in your power. Do to us whatever seems good and proper to you."

26 So Joshua treated them in this way. He spared them from the power of the Israelites, and they didn't kill them.

27 That day Joshua assigned them as woodcutters and water haulers for the community and for the LORD's altar, located wherever God would choose. That is still the case today.