Old Testament · SCRIPTURE
Judges 1:28
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When Israel became stronger, they pressed the Canaanites into forced labor, but they never drove them out completely.
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And it came to pass, when Israel was strong, that they put the Canaanites to tribute, and did not utterly drive them out.
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When Israel had grown strong, they put the Canaanites to forced labor, and didn’t utterly drive them out.
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ASVAmerican Standard Version
And it came to pass, when Israel was waxed strong, that they put the Canaanites to taskwork, and did not utterly drive them out.
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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB
Judges 1
26 And the man went to the land of the Hittites, built a city, and called it Luz, which is its name to this day.
27 At that time Manasseh failed to drive out the inhabitants of Beth-shean, Taanach, Dor, Ibleam, Megiddo, and their villages; for the Canaanites were determined to dwell in that land.
28 When Israel became stronger, they pressed the Canaanites into forced labor, but they never drove them out completely.
29 Ephraim also failed to drive out the Canaanites living in Gezer; so the Canaanites continued to dwell among them in Gezer.
30 Zebulun failed to drive out the inhabitants of Kitron and Nahalol; so the Canaanites lived among them and served as forced laborers.
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