They sent some spies to Bethel (which used to be called Luz). The spies saw a man coming out of the city and said to him, “Show us a way into the city, and we will be kind to you.” So the man showed them the way into the city. The men of Joseph attacked with swords the people in Bethel, but they let the man and his family go free. He went to the land where the Hittites lived and built a city. He named it Luz, which it is called even today. There were Canaanites living in the cities of Beth Shan, Taanach, Dor, Ibleam, Megiddo, and the small towns around them. The people of Manasseh did not force those people out of their towns, because the Canaanites were determined to stay there. Later, the Israelites grew strong and forced the Canaanites to work as slaves, but they did not make all the Canaanites leave their land. The people of Ephraim did not force out all of the Canaanites living in Gezer. So the Canaanites continued to live in Gezer with the people of Ephraim. The people of Zebulun did not force out the Canaanites living in the cities of Kitron and Nahalol. They stayed and lived with the people of Zebulun, but Zebulun made them work as slaves. The people of Asher did not force the Canaanites from the cities of Acco, Sidon, Ahlab, Aczib, Helbah, Aphek, and Rehob.
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