and when the Lord your God delivers them over to you and you defeat them, you must completely destroy them. Make no treaty with them and show them no mercy.

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and when the Lord your God has delivered(A) them over to you and you have defeated them, then you must destroy(B) them totally.[a](C) Make no treaty(D) with them, and show them no mercy.(E)

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 7:2 The Hebrew term refers to the irrevocable giving over of things or persons to the Lord, often by totally destroying them; also in verse 26.

16 You must destroy all the peoples the Lord your God is delivering over to you and not look on them with pity. Do not worship their gods, for that will be a snare to you.

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16 You must destroy all the peoples the Lord your God gives over to you.(A) Do not look on them with pity(B) and do not serve their gods,(C) for that will be a snare(D) to you.

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Benjamin’s Failure

21 At the same time the Benjaminites did not drive out the Jebusites who were living in Jerusalem. The Jebusites have lived among the Benjaminites in Jerusalem to this day.(A)

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21 The Benjamites, however, did not drive out(A) the Jebusites, who were living in Jerusalem;(B) to this day the Jebusites live there with the Benjamites.

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Failure of the Other Tribes

27 At that time Manasseh failed to take possession of Beth-shean[a](A) and its villages,[b] or Taanach(B) and its villages, or the residents of Dor(C) and its villages, or the residents of Ibleam[c](D) and its villages, or the residents of Megiddo(E) and its villages; the Canaanites refused to leave[d] this land.(F) 28 When Israel became stronger, they made the Canaanites serve as forced labor but never drove them out completely.(G)

29 At that time Ephraim failed to drive out the Canaanites who were living in Gezer, so the Canaanites have lived among them in Gezer.[e](H)

30 Zebulun failed to drive out the residents of Kitron or the residents of Nahalol,(I) so the Canaanites lived among them and served as forced labor.

31 Asher failed to drive out the residents of Acco[f] or of Sidon, or Ahlab, Achzib, Helbah, Aphik, or Rehob. 32 The Asherites lived among the Canaanites who were living in the land, because they failed to drive them out.

33 Naphtali did not drive out the residents of Beth-shemesh or the residents of Beth-anath. They lived among the Canaanites who were living in the land, but the residents of Beth-shemesh and Beth-anath served as their forced labor.

34 The Amorites(J) forced the Danites into the hill country and did not allow them to go down into the valley. 35 The Amorites refused to leave[g] Har-heres, Aijalon,(K) and Shaalbim. When the house of Joseph got the upper hand,[h] the Amorites[i] were made to serve as forced labor. 36 The territory of the Amorites extended from the Ascent of Akrabbim,(L) that is from Sela(M) upward.

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Footnotes

  1. Judges 1:27 LXX reads Beth-shean, which is a Scythian city
  2. Judges 1:27 LXX reads its villages or the fields around it
  3. Judges 1:27 LXX reads Balaam
  4. Judges 1:27 LXX reads Canaanites began to live in
  5. Judges 1:29 LXX reads Gezer, and became forced labor
  6. Judges 1:31 LXX reads Acco, and they became for him forced labor and the residents of Dor
  7. Judges 1:35 Or Amorites determined to live in
  8. Judges 1:35 Lit When the hand of the house of Joseph was heavy
  9. Judges 1:35 LXX reads Joseph became strong on the Amorites, they

27 But Manasseh did not(A) drive out the people of Beth Shan or Taanach or Dor(B) or Ibleam(C) or Megiddo(D) and their surrounding settlements, for the Canaanites(E) were determined to live in that land. 28 When Israel became strong, they pressed the Canaanites into forced labor but never drove them out completely.(F) 29 Nor did Ephraim(G) drive out the Canaanites living in Gezer,(H) but the Canaanites continued to live there among them.(I) 30 Neither did Zebulun drive out the Canaanites living in Kitron or Nahalol, so these Canaanites lived among them, but Zebulun did subject them to forced labor. 31 Nor did Asher(J) drive out those living in Akko or Sidon(K) or Ahlab or Akzib(L) or Helbah or Aphek(M) or Rehob.(N) 32 The Asherites lived among the Canaanite inhabitants of the land because they did not drive them out. 33 Neither did Naphtali drive out those living in Beth Shemesh(O) or Beth Anath(P); but the Naphtalites too lived among the Canaanite inhabitants of the land, and those living in Beth Shemesh and Beth Anath became forced laborers for them. 34 The Amorites(Q) confined the Danites(R) to the hill country, not allowing them to come down into the plain.(S) 35 And the Amorites were determined also to hold out in Mount Heres,(T) Aijalon(U) and Shaalbim,(V) but when the power of the tribes of Joseph increased, they too were pressed into forced labor. 36 The boundary of the Amorites was from Scorpion Pass(W) to Sela(X) and beyond.(Y)

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