^21 (A)But the sons of Benjamin did not dispossess the ^(B)Jebusites who lived in Jerusalem; so the Jebusites have lived with the sons of Benjamin in Jerusalem to this day.

²² Likewise the house of Joseph went up against Bethel, and Yahweh was with them. ²³ And the house of Joseph spied out Bethel (^(C)now the name of the city was formerly Luz). ²⁴ Then the ^[a]spies saw a man coming out of the city, and they said to him, “Please show us the entrance to the city, and ^(D)we will treat you with lovingkindness.” ²⁵ So he showed them the entrance to the city, and they struck the city with the edge of the sword, ^(E)but they let the man and all his family go free. ²⁶ So the man went into the land of the Hittites and built a city and named it Luz ^[b]which is its name to this day.

Israel Fails to Complete the Conquest

^27 (F)But Manasseh did not take possession of Beth-shean and its towns or Taanach and its towns or the inhabitants of Dor and its towns or the inhabitants of Ibleam and its towns or the inhabitants of Megiddo and its towns; so ^(G)the Canaanites persisted to live in that land. ²⁸ And it happened when Israel became strong, that they put the Canaanites to forced labor, but they did not dispossess them completely.

^29 (H)Also Ephraim did not dispossess the Canaanites who were living in Gezer; so the Canaanites lived in Gezer among them.

Yahweh Tests Israel

3 ^(A)Now these are the nations which Yahweh allowed to remain, to test Israel by them (that is, all who had not known any of the wars of Canaan;