Joshua 17:12

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But the descendants of Manasseh were unable to drive out the inhabitants of these cities. So the Canaanites continued to live in the land.

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  • Exod 23:29-33 : 29 I will not drive them out before you in a single year, because the land would become desolate, and the wild animals would multiply against you. 30 Little by little I will drive them out before you, until you are fruitful and take possession of the land. 31 I will establish your borders from the Red Sea to the Mediterranean Sea, and from the wilderness to the Euphrates River. I will give into your hands the inhabitants of the land, and you will drive them out before you. 32 Do not make a covenant with them or with their gods. 33 They must not live in your land, or they will cause you to sin against me, because if you worship their gods, it will become a snare to you.
  • Judg 1:27-28 : 27 Manasseh did not drive out the inhabitants of Beth-shean and its surrounding villages, or Taanach and its surrounding villages, or the inhabitants of Dor and its surrounding villages, or the inhabitants of Ibleam and its surrounding villages, or the inhabitants of Megiddo and its surrounding villages. The Canaanites were determined to stay in this land. 28 When Israel became strong, they subjected the Canaanites to forced labor, but they did not completely drive them out.
  • Rom 6:12-14 : 12 Therefore, do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey its desires. 13 Do not present the parts of your body as instruments of unrighteousness to sin, but present yourselves to God as those alive from the dead, and the parts of your body as instruments of righteousness to God. 14 For sin will not rule over you, because you are not under the law but under grace.
  • Num 33:52-56 : 52 you must drive out all the inhabitants of the land before you, destroy all their stone images and cast idols, and demolish all their high places. 53 You shall take possession of the land and live in it, for I have given you the land to possess. 54 You shall apportion the land by lot according to your clans. You shall give more to the larger groups and less to the smaller groups. The place where the lot falls for each shall be theirs. You shall divide land according to the tribes of your ancestors. 55 But if you do not drive out the inhabitants of the land from before you, then those you allow to remain will become barbs in your eyes and thorns in your sides, and they will harass you in the land where you live. 56 And what I had planned to do to them, I will do to you.
  • Josh 15:63 : 63 As for the Jebusites, the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the descendants of Judah could not drive them out. The Jebusites live with the descendants of Judah in Jerusalem to this day.
  • Josh 16:10 : 10 However, they did not drive out the Canaanites who lived in Gezer. So the Canaanites have lived in the midst of Ephraim to this day, but they became forced laborers.

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  • Judg 1:27-35
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    89%

    27Manasseh did not drive out the inhabitants of Beth-shean and its surrounding villages, or Taanach and its surrounding villages, or the inhabitants of Dor and its surrounding villages, or the inhabitants of Ibleam and its surrounding villages, or the inhabitants of Megiddo and its surrounding villages. The Canaanites were determined to stay in this land.

    28When Israel became strong, they subjected the Canaanites to forced labor, but they did not completely drive them out.

    29Ephraim did not drive out the Canaanites living in Gezer; the Canaanites continued to live among them in Gezer.

    30Zebulun did not drive out the inhabitants of Kitron or the inhabitants of Nahalol. The Canaanites continued to live among them, but they were subjected to forced labor.

    31Asher did not drive out the inhabitants of Acco, Sidon, Ahlab, Achzib, Helbah, Aphik, or Rehob.

    32The Asherites lived among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land, because they did not drive them out.

    33Naphtali did not drive out the inhabitants of Beth-shemesh or Beth-anath, so they lived among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land, but the inhabitants of Beth-shemesh and Beth-anath were subjected to forced labor.

    34The Amorites pressed the people of Dan into the hill country, not allowing them to come down to the valley.

    35The Amorites were determined to remain in Mount Heres, Aijalon, and Shaalbim. However, the hand of the house of Joseph grew stronger, and the Amorites were subjected to forced labor.

  • Josh 17:13
    82%

    13However, when the Israelites grew stronger, they subjected the Canaanites to forced labor but did not completely drive them out.

  • Josh 17:11
    81%

    11Within Issachar and Asher, Manasseh possessed Beth-shean and its villages, Ibleam and its villages, the inhabitants of Dor and its villages, the inhabitants of En-dor and its villages, the inhabitants of Taanach and its villages, the inhabitants of Megiddo and its villages, and the three regions of Napheth.

  • Josh 13:13
    76%

    13However, the Israelites did not drive out the Geshurites or the Maachathites. So Geshur and Maachath continue to live among the Israelites to this day.

  • Josh 16:9-10
    2 verses
    76%

    9Additionally, there were cities set apart for the sons of Ephraim in the midst of the inheritance of the sons of Manasseh, all the cities with their villages.

    10However, they did not drive out the Canaanites who lived in Gezer. So the Canaanites have lived in the midst of Ephraim to this day, but they became forced laborers.

  • 1 Chr 7:29
    75%

    29Along the borders of the sons of Manasseh were Beth-shean and its villages, Taanach and its villages, Megiddo and its villages, and Dor and its villages. In these places lived the sons of Joseph, son of Israel.

  • Josh 17:5-9
    5 verses
    74%

    5Ten portions fell to Manasseh, in addition to the land of Gilead and Bashan, which is beyond the Jordan.

    6For the daughters of Manasseh received an inheritance among his sons. The land of Gilead belonged to the rest of the descendants of Manasseh.

    7The territory of Manasseh stretched from Asher to Michmethath, which is near Shechem. Then the boundary ran southward to the inhabitants of En Tappuah.

    8The land of Tappuah belonged to Manasseh, but Tappuah itself, on the boundary of Manasseh, belonged to the descendants of Ephraim.

    9The boundary descended to the Wadi Kanah, southward of the wadi. These towns belonged to Ephraim within the towns of Manasseh. The boundary of Manasseh was on the north side of the wadi and ended at the sea.

  • Judg 1:19-21
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    73%

    19The LORD was with Judah, and they took possession of the hill country, but they could not drive out the inhabitants of the plains because they had iron chariots.

    20They gave Hebron to Caleb, as Moses had promised, and Caleb drove out the three sons of Anak from it.

    21The Benjaminites, however, did not drive out the Jebusites living in Jerusalem, so the Jebusites have lived there with the Benjaminites to this day.

  • Josh 17:16-18
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    72%

    16The descendants of Joseph replied, 'The hill country is not enough for us, and all the Canaanites who live in the valley have iron chariots, both those in Beth-shean and its surrounding villages and those in the Valley of Jezreel.'

    17Then Joshua said to the house of Joseph—to Ephraim and Manasseh: 'You are a numerous people and strong. You shall not have just one allotment of land,'

    18but the hill country shall be yours. Though it is a forest, you can clear it, and its farthest limits shall be yours. You will drive out the Canaanites, even though they have iron chariots and are strong.

  • 2 Kgs 21:9
    72%

    9But they did not listen. Manasseh led them astray to do more evil than the nations that the LORD had destroyed before the Israelites.

  • Josh 17:1-2
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    71%

    1A portion of land was allotted to the tribe of Manasseh, for he was Joseph's firstborn. To Machir, the firstborn of Manasseh, the father of Gilead, since he was a man of war, Gilead and Bashan were given.

    2The rest of the families of Manasseh also received their inheritance, including the families of Abiezer, Helek, Asriel, Shechem, Hepher, and Shemida—these were the male descendants of Manasseh, the son of Joseph, according to their families.

  • Josh 14:4
    71%

    4The descendants of Joseph became two tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim. The Levites did not receive a portion of land but were instead given cities to live in, with pasturelands for their livestock and possessions.

  • Neh 9:24
    71%

    24Their descendants went in and took possession of the land. You subdued the inhabitants of the land—the Canaanites—before them and handed their kings and the peoples of the land over to them, to do with as they desired.

  • Josh 15:63
    70%

    63As for the Jebusites, the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the descendants of Judah could not drive them out. The Jebusites live with the descendants of Judah in Jerusalem to this day.

  • 2 Chr 33:9-10
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    70%

    9But Manasseh led Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem astray, so that they did more evil than the nations the LORD had destroyed before the Israelites.

    10The LORD spoke to Manasseh and his people, but they did not listen.

  • Josh 16:4
    70%

    4So the sons of Joseph—Manasseh and Ephraim—received their inheritance.

  • 1 Chr 6:61
    70%

    61From the tribe of Naphtali, they gave Kedesh in Galilee with its pasturelands, Hammon with its pasturelands, and Kiriathaim with its pasturelands.

  • Josh 21:25
    69%

    25From half the tribe of Manasseh: Taanach with its pasture lands and Gath-rimmon with its pasture lands—two cities.

  • Josh 13:29
    69%

    29Moses also gave an inheritance to half the tribe of Manasseh, and this was allotted to the half-tribe according to their clans:

  • Josh 13:7
    69%

    7Now divide this land as an inheritance for the nine tribes and the half-tribe of Manasseh.

  • Num 32:39
    69%

    39The sons of Machir son of Manasseh went to Gilead, captured it, and drove out the Amorites who were there.

  • Judg 2:23
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    23The LORD allowed those nations to remain; he did not drive them out immediately by giving them into Joshua’s hand.

  • Josh 13:31
    69%

    31It also included half of Gilead, as well as Ashtaroth and Edrei, the royal cities of Og in Bashan. This was for the descendants of Machir son of Manasseh—for half the descendants of Machir, according to their clans.

  • Judg 2:21
    69%

    21'I will no longer drive out before them any of the nations that Joshua left when he died.'

  • Judg 3:5
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    5The Israelites lived among the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites.

  • 1 Chr 5:23
    68%

    23The sons of the half-tribe of Manasseh lived in the land from Bashan to Baal-hermon, Senir, and Mount Hermon, and they were numerous.

  • 1 Chr 9:3
    68%

    3In Jerusalem lived some of the descendants of Judah, Benjamin, Ephraim, and Manasseh.

  • Num 33:55
    68%

    55But if you do not drive out the inhabitants of the land from before you, then those you allow to remain will become barbs in your eyes and thorns in your sides, and they will harass you in the land where you live.

  • Josh 18:2
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    2Seven tribes among the Israelites remained who had not yet received their inheritance.

  • Gen 13:6
    68%

    6But the land could not support them while they stayed together, because their possessions were so great that they could not remain together.

  • Num 13:28
    67%

    28However, the people who live there are strong, and the cities are large and very fortified. We even saw the descendants of Anak there.