Joshua - Chapter 9

The people of Gibeon are afraid of the Israelites and using a trick they entered into a treaty to save their lives.  Joshua says that he will honour the treaty, but they will become servants to the Israelites - and the term used to show their status as servants was "woodcutters and water-carriers".

Jesus put aside his majesty and took on the role of a servant.  In his earthly occupation he was a "woodcutter", like his earthly father, Joseph.  And the Easter story show him as a water-carrier.  He tells his disciples to follow a man carrying a jar of water on his head to the place where they will all celebrate the Passover.  And when they start the Passover celebrations Jesus himself carries the water to the disciples to wash their feet - the role of a servant.