21 So the chieftains said to them: “Let them live and let them become gatherers* of wood and drawers of water for all the assembly,+ just as the chieftains have promised them.”+

27 Accordingly Joshua constituted+ them* on that day gatherers of wood and drawers of water for the assembly+ and for Jehovah’s altar, down to this day, at the place that he should choose.+

2 And the first inhabitants that were in their possession* in their cities were the Israelites,*+ the priests,+ the Levites+ and the Nethʹi·nim.*+

58 All the Nethʹi·nim+ and the sons of the servants of Solʹo·mon were three hundred and ninety-two.+

26 And the Nethʹi·nim*+ themselves happened to be dwellers in Oʹphel;+ [they did repair work] as far as in front of the Water Gate+ on the east and the protruding tower.