²¹But the people of Benjamin failed to drive out the Jebusites who were living in Jerusalem. So they live there with the people of Benjamin to this very day.

²²The men of Joseph attacked Bethel. The Lord was with them. ²³They sent men to Bethel to check it out. It used to be called Luz.

²⁴Those who were sent saw a man coming out of the city. They said to him, “Show us how to get into the city. If you do, we’ll see that you are treated well.” ²⁵So he showed them how to get in.

The men of Joseph killed the people in the city with their swords. But they spared the man from Bethel. They also spared his whole family. ²⁶Then he went to the land of the Hittites. He built a city there. He called it Luz. That’s still its name to this very day.

²⁷But the tribe of Manasseh didn’t drive out the people of Beth Shan. They didn’t drive out the people of Taanach, Dor, Ibleam and Megiddo. And they didn’t drive out the people of the settlements that are around those cities either. That’s because the people of Canaan had made up their minds to continue living in that land.

²⁸Later, Israel became stronger. Then they forced the people of Canaan to work hard for them. But Israel never drove them out completely.

²⁹The tribe of Ephraim didn’t drive out the Canaanites who were living in Gezer. So they continued to live there among them.

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