Joshua 17:13

17:13 Whenever the Israelites were strong militarily, they forced the Canaanites to do hard labor, but they never totally conquered them.

Joshua 16:10

16:10 The Ephraimites did not conquer the Canaanites living in Gezer. The Canaanites live among the Ephraimites to this very day and do hard labor as their servants.


sn On the Israelites’ failure to conquer the Canaanites completely, see Judg 1:27-28.

tn Heb “they”; the referent (the Ephraimites) has been specified in the translation for clarity.