Joshua 16:10 - Contemporary English Version Interconfessional Edition

¹⁰ Ephraim could not force the Canaanites out of Gezer, so there are still some Canaanites who live there among the Israelites. But now these Canaanites have to work as slaves for the Israelites.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁰ And they drave not out the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer: but the Canaanites dwell among the Ephraimites unto this day, and serve under tribute.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁰ But they did not drive out the Canaanites who dwelt in Gezer; but the Canaanites dwell among the Ephraimites to this day, and they became slaves required to do forced labor.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁰ And they drove not out the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer: but the Canaanites dwell in the midst of Ephraim unto this day, and are become servants to do taskwork.

Common English Bible

¹⁰ But they didn’t remove the Canaanites who lived in Gezer. So today the Canaanites, who were used for forced labor, still live within Ephraim.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁰ And the sons of Ephraim did not put to death the Canaanite that was living at Gezer. And the Canaanite lived in the midst of Ephraim, even to this day, paying tribute.

Joshua 16:10 Tagairtí Cros

1 Kings 9:15

After Solomon's workers had finished the temple and the palace, he ordered them to fill in the land on the east side of Jerusalem, to build a wall around the city, and to rebuild the towns of Hazor, Megiddo, and Gezer.

1 Kings 9:16

Earlier, the king of Egypt had captured the town of Gezer; he burned it to the ground and killed the Canaanite people living there. Then he gave it to his daughter as a wedding present when she married Solomon.

Joshua 10:33

King Horam of Gezer arrived to help Lachish, but Joshua and his troops attacked and destroyed him and his army.

Joshua 15:63

The Jebusites lived in Jerusalem, and the people of the Judah tribe could not capture the city and get rid of them. That's why Jebusites still live in Jerusalem along with the people of Judah.

Joshua 16:9

Ephraim also had some towns and villages that were inside Manasseh's tribal land.

Joshua 17:12

But the people of Manasseh could not capture these towns, so the Canaanites kept on living in them.

Joshua 17:13

When the Israelites grew stronger, they made the Canaanites in these towns work as their slaves, though they never did force them to leave.

Judges 1:29

The Ephraim tribe did not get rid of the Canaanites who lived in Gezer, so the Canaanites lived there with Israelites all around them.