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Deuteronomy 26

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¹ From there [the tribe of] Judah went against the inhabitants of Debir (the name of Debir formerly was Kiriath-sepher [city of books and scribes]).

² And Caleb said, "Whoever attacks Kiriath-sepher and captures it, I will even give him my daughter Achsah as a wife."

³ Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother, captured it; so he gave him his daughter Achsah as a wife.

⁴ When she came to Othniel, she persuaded him to [allow her to] ask her father [Caleb] for a field. Then she [rode up to Caleb and] dismounted from her donkey, and Caleb said to her, "What do you want?"

⁵ She said to him, "Give me a blessing; since you have given me the land of the Negev (South country), give me springs of water, too." So Caleb gave her the upper springs and the lower springs.

⁶ The sons of [[3] Jethro] the Kenite, Moses' father-in-law, went up from the City of Palms (Jericho) with the sons of Judah, to the wilderness of Judah which is in the Negev (South country) near Arad; and they went and lived with the people.

⁷ Then [the warriors of the tribe of] Judah went with [the warriors of the tribe of] Simeon his brother, and they struck the Canaanites living in Zephath and utterly destroyed it. So the city was called Hormah (destruction).

⁸ Also [the warriors of] Judah captured Gaza with its territory and Ashkelon with its territory and Ekron with its territory.

⁹ The LORD was with Judah, and [the tribe of] Judah took possession of the hill country, but they could not dispossess and drive out those inhabiting the valley because they had iron chariots.

¹⁰ Then they gave Hebron to Caleb, as Moses had said, and he drove out from there the three sons of Anak.

¹¹ But the sons of Benjamin did not drive out the Jebusites who inhabited Jerusalem; so the Jebusites have lived with the sons of Benjamin in Jerusalem to this day.

¹² The[4] house of Joseph also went up against Bethel, and the LORD was with them.

¹³ The house of Joseph spied out Bethel (now the name of the city was formerly Luz).

¹⁴ The spies saw a man coming out of the city and they said to him, "Please show us the entrance to the city and we will treat you kindly."

¹⁵ So he showed them the entrance to the city, and they struck the city with the edge of the sword, but they let the man and all his family go free.

¹⁶ The man went into the[5] land of the Hittites and built a city and named it Luz, which is its name to this day.

¹⁷ But [the tribe of] Manasseh did not take possession of Beth-shean and its villages, or Taanach and its villages, or the inhabitants of Dor and its villages, or the inhabitants of Ibleam and its villages, or the inhabitants of Megiddo and its villages; so the Canaanites remained in that land.

¹⁸ It happened when Israel became strong, that they put the Canaanites to forced labor, but they did not drive them out completely.

¹⁹ Neither did [the warriors of] Ephraim drive out the Canaanites who were living in Gezer; so the Canaanites lived in Gezer among them.

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1	From there [the tribe of] Judah went against the inhabitants of Debir (the name of Debir formerly was Kiriath-sepher [city of books and scribes]).
2	And Caleb said, "Whoever attacks Kiriath-sepher and captures it, I will even give him my daughter Achsah as a wife."
3	Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother, captured it; so he gave him his daughter Achsah as a wife.
4	When she came to Othniel, she persuaded him to [allow her to] ask her father [Caleb] for a field. Then she [rode up to Caleb and] dismounted from her donkey, and Caleb said to her, "What do you want?"
5	She said to him, "Give me a blessing; since you have given me the land of the Negev (South country), give me springs of water, too." So Caleb gave her the upper springs and the lower springs.
6	The sons of [[3] Jethro] the Kenite, Moses' father-in-law, went up from the City of Palms (Jericho) with the sons of Judah, to the wilderness of Judah which is in the Negev (South country) near Arad; and they went and lived with the people.
7	Then [the warriors of the tribe of] Judah went with [the warriors of the tribe of] Simeon his brother, and they struck the Canaanites living in Zephath and utterly destroyed it. So the city was called Hormah (destruction).
8	Also [the warriors of] Judah captured Gaza with its territory and Ashkelon with its territory and Ekron with its territory.
9	The LORD was with Judah, and [the tribe of] Judah took possession of the hill country, but they could not dispossess and drive out those inhabiting the valley because they had iron chariots.
10	Then they gave Hebron to Caleb, as Moses had said, and he drove out from there the three sons of Anak.
11	But the sons of Benjamin did not drive out the Jebusites who inhabited Jerusalem; so the Jebusites have lived with the sons of Benjamin in Jerusalem to this day.
12	The[4] house of Joseph also went up against Bethel, and the LORD was with them.
13	The house of Joseph spied out Bethel (now the name of the city was formerly Luz).
14	The spies saw a man coming out of the city and they said to him, "Please show us the entrance to the city and we will treat you kindly."
15	So he showed them the entrance to the city, and they struck the city with the edge of the sword, but they let the man and all his family go free.
16	The man went into the[5] land of the Hittites and built a city and named it Luz, which is its name to this day.
17	But [the tribe of] Manasseh did not take possession of Beth-shean and its villages, or Taanach and its villages, or the inhabitants of Dor and its villages, or the inhabitants of Ibleam and its villages, or the inhabitants of Megiddo and its villages; so the Canaanites remained in that land.
18	It happened when Israel became strong, that they put the Canaanites to forced labor, but they did not drive them out completely.
19	Neither did [the warriors of] Ephraim drive out the Canaanites who were living in Gezer; so the Canaanites lived in Gezer among them.

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