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Joshua 16:10

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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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.

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.

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16 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וְלֹ֣אve.Lo'and notH3808 →
הוֹרִ֔ישׁוּho.Ri.shuthey dispossessedH3423 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
הַֽכְּנַעֲנִ֖יha.ke.na.'a.Nithe Canaanite[s]H3669 →
הַיּוֹשֵׁ֣בhai.yo.Shevwho dweltH3427 →
בְּגָ֑זֶרbe.Ga.zerin GezerH1507 →
וַיֵּ֨שֶׁבvai.Ye.shevand he has dweltH3427 →
הַֽכְּנַעֲנִ֜יha.ke.na.'a.Nithe Canaanite[s]H3669 →
בְּקֶ֤רֶבbe.Ke.revin [the] midst ofH7130 →
אֶפְרַ֙יִם֙'ef.Ra.yimEphraimH669 →
עַד־'ad-untilH5704 →
הַיּ֣וֹםhai.Yomthe dayH3117 →
הַזֶּ֔הha.Zeh<the> thisH2088 →
וַיְהִ֖יvay.Hiand he becameH1961 →
לְמַס־le.mas-<into> a slave gang ofH4522 →
עֹבֵֽד׃ פ'o.VedlaboringH5647 →

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Judges 1:29Ephraim also failed to drive out the Canaanites living in Gezer; so the Canaanites continued to dwell among them in Gezer.Deuteronomy 7:1–2When 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—Exodus 23:29I will not drive them out before you in a single year; otherwise the land would become desolate and wild animals would multiply against you.Joshua 17:13However, when the Israelites grew stronger, they put the Canaanites to forced labor; but they failed to drive them out completely.1 Kings 9:16Pharaoh 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.Joshua 10:33At that time Horam king of Gezer went to help Lachish, but Joshua struck him down along with his people, leaving no survivors.Numbers 33:52–55you 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.1 Kings 9:21their 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.2 Chronicles 8:8their descendants who remained in the land, those whom the Israelites were unable to destroy—Solomon conscripted these people to be forced laborers, as they are to this day.Joshua 15:63But 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.1 Kings 9:15This is the account of the forced labor that King Solomon imposed to build the house of the LORD, his own palace, the supporting terraces, and the wall of Jerusalem, as well as Hazor, Megiddo, and Gezer.1 Samuel 27:8Now David and his men went up and raided the Geshurites, the Girzites, and the Amalekites. (From ancient times these people had inhabited the land extending to Shur and Egypt.)Nehemiah 5:4Still others were saying, “We have borrowed money to pay the king’s tax on our fields and vineyards.1 Chronicles 14:16So David did as God had commanded him, and they struck down the army of the Philistines all the way from Gibeon to Gezer.Psalms 106:34They did not destroy the peoples as the LORD had commanded them,1 Chronicles 6:67They were given Shechem (a city of refuge) with its pasturelands in the hill country of Ephraim, and Gezer,2 Samuel 5:25So David did as the LORD had commanded him, and he struck down the Philistines all the way from Gibeon to Gezer.Deuteronomy 20:11If they accept your offer of peace and open their gates, all the people there will become forced laborers to serve you.

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The Walls of Jericho Fall Down — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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