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16 The descendants of Moses' father-in-law the Kenite went up with the people of Judah from Palm City into the Judean desert, which was in the southern plain near Arad. They went and lived with the Amalekites.
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The descendants of Moses’ father-in-law, the Kenite, went up from the City of Palms with the people of Judah to live among the inhabitants of the Desert of Judah in the Negev near Arad.
17 Then the Judahites went with the Simeonites, their brothers, and they defeated the Canaanites who lived in Zephath, and they completely destroyed it. So the city was called Hormah.
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Then the men of Judah went with the Simeonites their fellow Israelites and attacked the Canaanites living in Zephath, and they totally destroyed the city. Therefore it was called Hormah.
18 Judah also captured Gaza, Ashkelon, Ekron, and all their territories.
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Judah also took Gaza, Ashkelon and Ekron—each city with its territory.
19 Thus the LORD was with the tribe of Judah, and they took possession of the highlands. However, they didn't drive out those who lived in the plain because they had iron chariots.
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The LORD was with the men of Judah. They took possession of the hill country, but they were unable to drive the people from the plains, because they had chariots fitted with iron.
20 They gave Hebron to Caleb, just as Moses had commanded, and they drove out from there the three sons of Anak.
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As Moses had promised, Hebron was given to Caleb, who drove from it the three sons of Anak.
21 But the people of Benjamin didn't drive out the Jebusites who lived in Jerusalem. So the Jebusites still live with the people of Benjamin in Jerusalem today.
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The Benjamites, however, did not drive out the Jebusites, who were living in Jerusalem; to this day the Jebusites live there with the Benjamites.
22 In the same way, Joseph's household went up against Bethel, and the LORD was with them.
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Now the tribes of Joseph attacked Bethel, and the LORD was with them.
23 When they sent men to spy on Bethel, previously named Luz,
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When they sent men to spy out Bethel (formerly called Luz),
24 the spies saw a man coming out of the city, and they said to him, "Show us the way into the city, and we'll be loyal to you in return."
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the spies saw a man coming out of the city and they said to him, “Show us how to get into the city and we will see that you are treated well.”
25 So he showed them the way into the city. They killed the city's people with their swords, but they let that man and all his relatives go.
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So he showed them, and they put the city to the sword but spared the man and his whole family.
26 The man went to the land of the Hittites and built a city. He named it Luz, which is still its name today.
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He then went to the land of the Hittites, where he built a city and called it Luz, which is its name to this day.
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