Joshua 16:10

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The Ephraimites did not conquer the Canaanites living in Gezer. The Canaanites live among the Ephraimites to this very day and do hard labor as their servants.

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  • Judg 1:29 : 29 The men of Ephraim did not conquer the Canaanites living in Gezer. The Canaanites lived among them in Gezer.
  • 1 Kgs 9:16 : 16 (Pharaoh, king of Egypt, had attacked and captured Gezer. He burned it and killed the Canaanites who lived in the city. He gave it as a wedding present to his daughter, who had married Solomon.)
  • Deut 7:1-2 : 1 The Dispossession of Nonvassals When the LORD your God brings you to the land that you are going to occupy and forces out many nations before you– Hittites, Girgashites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, seven nations more numerous and powerful than you– 2 and he delivers them over to you and you attack them, you must utterly annihilate them. Make no treaty with them and show them no mercy!
  • Josh 17:13 : 13 Whenever the Israelites were strong militarily, they forced the Canaanites to do hard labor, but they never totally conquered them.
  • Num 33:52-55 : 52 you must drive out all the inhabitants of the land before you. Destroy all their carved images, all their molten images, and demolish their high places. 53 You must dispossess the inhabitants of the land and live in it, for I have given you the land to possess it. 54 You must divide the land by lot for an inheritance among your families. To a larger group you must give a larger inheritance, and to a smaller group you must give a smaller inheritance. Everyone’s inheritance must be in the place where his lot falls. You must inherit according to your ancestral tribes. 55 But if you do not drive out the inhabitants of the land before you, then those whom you allow to remain will be irritants in your eyes and thorns in your side, and will cause you trouble in the land where you will be living.
  • Josh 15:63 : 63 The men of Judah were unable to conquer the Jebusites living in Jerusalem. The Jebusites live with the people of Judah in Jerusalem to this very day.
  • 1 Kgs 9:21 : 21 Their descendants remained in the land(the Israelites were unable to wipe them out completely). Solomon conscripted them for his work crews, and they continue in that role to this very day.

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  • Judg 1:27-35
    9 verses
    89%

    27The men of Manasseh did not conquer Beth Shean, Taanach, or their surrounding towns. Nor did they conquer the people living in Dor, Ibleam, Megiddo or their surrounding towns. The Canaanites managed to remain in those areas.

    28Whenever Israel was strong militarily, they forced the Canaanites to do hard labor, but they never totally conquered them.

    29The men of Ephraim did not conquer the Canaanites living in Gezer. The Canaanites lived among them in Gezer.

    30The men of Zebulun did not conquer the people living in Kitron and Nahalol. The Canaanites lived among them and were forced to do hard labor.

    31The men of Asher did not conquer the people living in Acco or Sidon, nor did they conquer Ahlab, Achzib, Helbah, Aphek, or Rehob.

    32The people of Asher live among the Canaanites residing in the land because they did not conquer them.

    33The men of Naphtali did not conquer the people living in Beth Shemesh or Beth Anath. They live among the Canaanites residing in the land. The Canaanites living in Beth Shemesh and Beth Anath were forced to do hard labor for them.

    34The Amorites forced the people of Dan to live in the hill country. They did not allow them to live in the coastal plain.

    35The Amorites managed to remain in Har Heres, Aijalon, and Shaalbim. Whenever the tribe of Joseph was strong militarily, the Amorites were forced to do hard labor.

  • Josh 17:11-13
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    76%

    11Within Issachar’s and Asher’s territory Manasseh was assigned Beth Shean, Ibleam, the residents of Dor, the residents of En Dor, the residents of Taanach, the residents of Megiddo, the three of Napheth, and the towns surrounding all these cities.

    12But the men of Manasseh were unable to conquer these cities; the Canaanites managed to remain in those areas.

    13Whenever the Israelites were strong militarily, they forced the Canaanites to do hard labor, but they never totally conquered them.

  • Josh 13:13
    74%

    13But the Israelites did not conquer the Geshurites and Maacathites; Geshur and Maacah live among Israel to this very day.

  • Josh 16:9
    73%

    9Also included were the cities set apart for the tribe of Ephraim within Manasseh’s territory, along with their towns.

  • Judg 1:19-21
    3 verses
    73%

    19The LORD was with the men of Judah. They conquered the hill country, but they could not conquer the people living in the coastal plain, because they had chariots with iron-rimmed wheels.

    20Caleb received Hebron, just as Moses had promised. He drove out the three Anakites.

    21The men of Benjamin, however, did not conquer the Jebusites living in Jerusalem. The Jebusites live with the people of Benjamin in Jerusalem to this very day.

  • Judg 3:5
    70%

    5The Israelites lived among the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.

  • Josh 15:63
    69%

    63The men of Judah were unable to conquer the Jebusites living in Jerusalem. The Jebusites live with the people of Judah in Jerusalem to this very day.

  • Josh 16:3-5
    3 verses
    69%

    3It then descended westward to Japhletite territory, as far as the territory of lower Beth Horon and Gezer, and ended at the sea.

    4Joseph’s descendants, Manasseh and Ephraim, were assigned their land.

    5The territory of the tribe of Ephraim by its clans included the following: The border of their assigned land to the east was Ataroth Addar as far as upper Beth Horon.

  • 1 Kgs 9:20-21
    2 verses
    68%

    20Now several non-Israelite peoples were left in the land after the conquest of Joshua, including the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.

    21Their descendants remained in the land(the Israelites were unable to wipe them out completely). Solomon conscripted them for his work crews, and they continue in that role to this very day.

  • Gen 10:16
    68%

    16the Jebusites, Amorites, Girgashites,

  • Josh 17:16
    67%

    16The descendants of Joseph said,“The whole hill country is inadequate for us, and the Canaanites living down in the valley in Beth Shean and its surrounding towns and in the Valley of Jezreel have chariots with iron-rimmed wheels.”

  • Josh 21:20-21
    2 verses
    67%

    20The rest of the Kohathite clans of the Levites were allotted cities from the tribe of Ephraim.

    21They assigned them Shechem(a city of refuge for one who committed manslaughter) in the hill country of Ephraim, Gezer,

  • 2 Chr 8:7-8
    2 verses
    67%

    7Now several non-Israelite peoples were left in the land after the conquest of Joshua, including the Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.

    8Their descendants remained in the land(the Israelites were unable to wipe them out). Solomon conscripted them for his work crews and they continue in that role to this very day.

  • Gen 15:21
    67%

    21Amorites, Canaanites, Girgashites, and Jebusites.”

  • Judg 2:3
    67%

    3At that time I also warned you,‘If you disobey, I will not drive out the Canaanites before you. They will ensnare you and their gods will lure you away.’”

  • Neh 9:24
    67%

    24Their descendants entered and possessed the land. You subdued before them the Canaanites who were the inhabitants of the land. You delivered them into their hand, together with their kings and the peoples of the land, to deal with as they pleased.

  • 1 Chr 6:66-67
    2 verses
    66%

    66The clans of Kohath’s descendants also received cities as their territory within the tribe of Ephraim.

    67They were allotted as cities of refuge Shechem and its pasturelands(in the hill country of Ephraim), Gezer and its pasturelands,

  • Num 33:55
    66%

    55But if you do not drive out the inhabitants of the land before you, then those whom you allow to remain will be irritants in your eyes and thorns in your side, and will cause you trouble in the land where you will be living.

  • Num 32:30
    66%

    30But if they do not cross over with you armed, they must receive possessions among you in Canaan.”

  • Josh 24:11
    66%

    11You crossed the Jordan and came to Jericho. The leaders of Jericho, as well as the Amorites, Perizzites, Canaanites, Hittites, Girgashites, Hivites, and Jebusites, fought with you, but I handed them over to you.

  • Judg 12:4-5
    2 verses
    66%

    4Jephthah assembled all the men of Gilead and they fought with Ephraim. The men of Gilead defeated Ephraim, because the Ephraimites insulted them, saying,“You Gileadites are refugees in Ephraim, living within Ephraim’s and Manasseh’s territory.”

    5The Gileadites captured the fords of the Jordan River opposite Ephraim. Whenever an Ephraimite fugitive said,“Let me cross over,” the men of Gilead asked him,“Are you an Ephraimite?” If he said,“No,”

  • 1 Chr 7:28
    66%

    28Their property and settlements included Bethel and its surrounding towns, Naaran to the east, Gezer and its surrounding towns to the west, and Shechem and its surrounding towns as far as Ayyah and its surrounding towns.

  • 1 Chr 9:3
    65%

    3Some from the tribes of Judah, Benjamin, and Ephraim and Manasseh settled in Jerusalem.

  • Josh 14:4
    65%

    4The descendants of Joseph were considered as two tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim. The Levites were allotted no territory, though they were assigned cities in which to live, along with the grazing areas for their cattle and possessions.

  • Hos 10:9
    65%

    9Failure to Learn from the Sin and Judgment of Gibeah O Israel, you have sinned since the time of Gibeah, and there you have remained. Did not war overtake the evildoers in Gibeah?

  • Judg 2:21
    65%

    21So I will no longer remove before them any of the nations that Joshua left unconquered when he died,

  • Josh 3:10
    65%

    10Joshua continued,“This is how you will know the living God is among you and that he will truly drive out before you the Canaanites, Hittites, Hivites, Perizzites, Girgashites, Amorites, and Jebusites.

  • Deut 2:22
    65%

    22This is exactly what he did for the descendants of Esau who lived in Seir when he destroyed the Horites before them so that they could dispossess them and settle in their area to this very day.

  • Exod 34:11
    65%

    11“Obey what I am commanding you this day. I am going to drive out before you the Amorite, the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite.

  • Josh 11:19
    65%

    19No city made peace with the Israelites(except the Hivites living in Gibeon); they had to conquer all of them,

  • Judg 2:23
    64%

    23This is why the LORD permitted these nations to remain and did not conquer them immediately; he did not hand them over to Joshua.