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Judges 1:20-22
EasyEnglish Bible
Judges 1:20-22
EasyEnglish Bible
20 Caleb received Hebron for his family, as Moses had promised him.[a] Caleb had chased out the three clans of Anak who lived there.
21 The men of Benjamin's tribe could not chase out the Jebusites who lived in Jerusalem. As a result, the Jebusites continue to live in Jerusalem with the people of Benjamin.
22 The men of Joseph's tribes attacked Bethel.[b] The Lord helped them to do this.
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- 1:20 God chose Moses to lead the Israelites out of Egypt, and take them to Canaan. Caleb and Joshua were the two men who trusted God to give them the land that he had promised to the Israelites. They were the only two men still alive who had left Egypt when they were old enough to fight. See Joshua 15:13-14.
- 1:22 Joseph's two sons, Ephraim and Manasseh, each had their own tribes.
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