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Judges 1:20-23
Contemporary English Version
Judges 1:20-23
Contemporary English Version
20 (A) The tribe of Judah gave the town of Hebron to Caleb, as Moses had told them to do. Caleb defeated the three Anakim[a] clans[b] and took over the town.
The Benjamin Tribe Does Not Capture Jerusalem
21 (B) The Jebusites were living in Jerusalem, and the Benjamin tribe did not defeat them or capture the town. That's why Jebusites still live in Jerusalem along with the people of Benjamin.
The Ephraim and Manasseh Tribes Capture Bethel
22-23 The Ephraim and Manasseh tribes[c] were getting ready to attack Bethel, which at that time was called Luz. And the Lord helped them when they sent spies to find out as much as they could about Bethel.
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- 1.20 Anakim: Perhaps a group of very tall people that lived in Palestine before the Israelites (see Numbers 13.33 and Deuteronomy 2.10,11, 20,21).
- 1.20 clans: See the note at 1.10.
- 1.22,23 The Ephraim and Manasseh tribes: The Hebrew text has “The Joseph family,” which was divided into these two tribes named after Joseph's sons.
Judges 1:20-22
King James Version
Judges 1:20-22
King James Version
20 And they gave Hebron unto Caleb, as Moses said: and he expelled thence the three sons of Anak.
21 And the children of Benjamin did not drive out the Jebusites that inhabited Jerusalem; but the Jebusites dwell with the children of Benjamin in Jerusalem unto this day.
22 And the house of Joseph, they also went up against Bethel: and the Lord was with them.
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Judges 1:20-22
New International Version
Judges 1:20-22
New International Version
20 As Moses had promised, Hebron(A) was given to Caleb, who drove from it the three sons of Anak.(B) 21 The Benjamites, however, did not drive out(C) the Jebusites, who were living in Jerusalem;(D) to this day the Jebusites live there with the Benjamites.
22 Now the tribes of Joseph(E) attacked Bethel,(F) and the Lord was with them.
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