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20 (A)As Moses had commanded, they gave Hebron to Caleb, who then drove the three sons of Anak away from there.

21 [a]As for the Jebusites dwelling in Jerusalem, the Benjaminites did not dispossess them, so that the Jebusites live with the Benjaminites in Jerusalem to the present day.(B)

22 The house of Joseph, too, went up against Bethel, and the Lord was with them.

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Footnotes

  1. 1:21 According to Jos 18:16, Jerusalem was assigned to the tribe of Benjamin. According to the notice in 1:8 above, the city was burned by the Judahites, but elsewhere (2 Sm 5:6–9) we learn that it was not actually taken from the Jebusites until David captured it and made it his capital.

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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