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16 The descendants of Hobab the Kenite, Moses' father-in-law, went up with the people of Judah from the city of palms into the wilderness of Judah, which lies in the Negeb near Arad. Then they went and settled 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 Judah went with his brother Simeon, and they defeated the Canaanites who inhabited Zephath, and devoted it to destruction. 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 took Gaza with its territory, Ashkelon with its territory, and Ekron with its territory.
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Judah also took Gaza, Ashkelon and Ekron—each city with its territory.
19 The Lord was with Judah, and he took possession of the hill country, but could not drive out the inhabitants of the plain, because they had chariots of iron.
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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 Hebron was given to Caleb, as Moses had said; and he drove out from it 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 Benjaminites did not drive out the Jebusites who lived in Jerusalem; so the Jebusites have lived in Jerusalem among the Benjaminites to this day.
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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 The house of Joseph also 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 The house of Joseph sent out spies to Bethel (the name of the city was formerly Luz).
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When they sent men to spy out Bethel (formerly called Luz),
24 When the spies saw a man coming out of the city, they said to him, "Show us the way into the city, and we will deal kindly with you."
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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; and they put the city to the sword, but they let the man and all his family 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 So the man went to the land of the Hittites and built a city, and named it Luz; that is its name to this day.
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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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