Judges 1
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Judges 1:22-29

22The house of Joseph also attacked Bethel, and the Lord was with them.

23They sent spies to Bethel (the town was formerly named Luz).

24The spies saw a man coming out of the town and said to him, “Please show us how to get into town, and we will show you kindness.”

25When he showed them the way into the town, they put the town to the sword but released the man and his entire family.

26Then the man went to the land of the Hittites, built a town, and named it Luz. That is its name still today.

27At that time Manasseh failed to take possession of Beth-shean and Taanach and their surrounding villages, or the residents of Dor, Ibleam, and Megiddo and their surrounding villages; the Canaanites were determined to stay in this land.

28When Israel became stronger, they made the Canaanites serve as forced labor but never drove them out completely.

29At that time Ephraim failed to drive out the Canaanites who were living in Gezer, so the Canaanites have lived among them in Gezer.

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