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Joshua 16:10

Ephraim (Territory)Gezer

8 From Tappuah the border went westward to the Brook of Kanah and ended at the Sea. This was the inheritance of the clans of the tribe of Ephraim,

9 along with all the cities and villages set apart for the descendants of Ephraim within the inheritance of Manasseh.

But they did not drive out the Canaanites who lived in Gezer. So the Canaanites dwell among the Ephraimites to this day, but they are forced laborers.
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BSB
But they did not drive out the Canaanites who lived in Gezer. So the Canaanites dwell among the Ephraimites to this day, but they are forced laborers.
KJV
And they drave not out the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer: but the Canaanites dwell among the Ephraimites unto this day, and serve under tribute.
WEB
They didn’t drive out the Canaanites who lived in Gezer; but the Canaanites dwell in the territory of Ephraim to this day, and have become servants to do forced labor.
ASV
And they drove not out the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer: but the Canaanites dwell in the midst of Ephraim unto this day, and are become servants to do taskwork.
DARBY
But they did not dispossess the Canaanites that dwelt at Gezer; and the Canaanites dwell in the midst of Ephraim to this day, and serve under tribute.
BLB
And they did not drive out the Canaanite dwelling in Gezer, and the Canaanite dwelt in the midst of Ephraim to this day, and he came to be for forced labor, serving.
ÅB
Men de drev ikke bort de kana'anitter som bodde i Geser; kana'anittene ble boende blant Efra'ims barn, som de gjør den dag idag, men ble arbeidspliktige slaver.
OTB
De drev ikke ut kanaaneerne som bodde i Geser; derfor fortsetter kanaaneerne å bo blant efraimittene til denne dag, og de ble underlagt tvangsarbeid.
B1930
Men de drev ikke bort de kana'anitter som bodde i Geser; kana'anittene blev boende blandt Efra'ims barn, som de gjør den dag idag, men blev arbeidspliktige træler.

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  • Judges 1:29

    Ephraim also failed to drive out the Canaanites living in Gezer; so the Canaanites continued to dwell among them in Gezer.

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  • Deuteronomy 7:1–2

    When the LORD your God brings you into the land that you are entering to possess, and He drives out before you many nations—the Hittites, Girgashites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, seven nations larger and stronger than you—

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  • 1 Kings 9:16

    Pharaoh king of Egypt had attacked and captured Gezer. He had set it on fire, killed the Canaanites who lived in the city, and given it as a dowry to his daughter, Solomon’s wife.

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  • Joshua 17:13

    However, when the Israelites grew stronger, they put the Canaanites to forced labor; but they failed to drive them out completely.

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  • Numbers 33:52–55

    you must drive out before you all the inhabitants of the land, destroy all their carved images and cast idols, and demolish all their high places.

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  • 1 Kings 9:21

    their descendants who remained in the land, those whom the Israelites were unable to devote to destruction —Solomon conscripted these people to be forced laborers, as they are to this day.

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  • Joshua 15:63

    But the descendants of Judah could not drive out the Jebusites living in Jerusalem. So to this day the Jebusites live there among the descendants of Judah.

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