Joshua 9:21

hewers of wood and drawers of water "trees thei kutten and watris thei beren," Wyclif. They were devoted to the sanctuary, called at a later period Nethinims = Deo dati, donati, and were bound to discharge menial duties which usually devolved upon the lowest classes. Comp. Deuteronomy 29:10-11, "Ye stand this day all of you before the Lord your God; your captains of your tribes, your elders, and your officers, with all the men of Israel, your little ones, your wives, and thy stranger that is in thy camp, from the hewer of thy wood unto the drawer of thy water" Compare also 1 Chronicles 9:2; Ezra 2:43; Ezra 2:70; Nehemiah 7:46; Nehemiah 7:60.