Joshua 16:10

Joshua · Old Testament · Chapter 16

“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.”Joshua 16:10

What Does Joshua 16:10 Mean?

Joshua 16:10 is found in the book of Joshua, chapter 16, verse 10 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 20 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.

Cross-References (20)

These passages are connected to Joshua 16:10 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.

Judges 1:29“Neither did Ephraim drive out the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer; but the Canaanites dwelt in Gezer among them.”Exodus 23:29“I will not drive them out from before thee in one year; lest the land become desolate, and the beast of the field multiply against thee.”Deuteronomy 7:1“When the LORD thy God shall bring thee into the land whither thou goest to possess it, and hath cast out many nations before thee, the Hittites, and the Girgashites, and the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, seven nations greater and mightier than thou;”Joshua 10:33“Then Horam king of Gezer came up to help Lachish; and Joshua smote him and his people, until he had left him none remaining.”Joshua 17:13“Yet it came to pass, when the children of Israel were waxen strong, that they put the Canaanites to tribute, but did not utterly drive them out.”1 Kings 9:16“For Pharaoh king of Egypt had gone up, and taken Gezer, and burnt it with fire, and slain the Canaanites that dwelt in the city, and given it for a present unto his daughter, Solomon’s wife.”Numbers 33:52“Then ye shall drive out all the inhabitants of the land from before you, and destroy all their pictures, and destroy all their molten images, and quite pluck down all their high places:”1 Kings 9:21“Their children that were left after them in the land, whom the children of Israel also were not able utterly to destroy, upon those did Solomon levy a tribute of bondservice unto this day.”2 Chronicles 8:8“But of their children, who were left after them in the land, whom the children of Israel consumed not, them did Solomon make to pay tribute until this day.”Joshua 15:63“As for the Jebusites the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the children of Judah could not drive them out: but the Jebusites dwell with the children of Judah at Jerusalem unto this day.”1 Samuel 27:8“And David and his men went up, and invaded the Geshurites, and the Gezrites, and the Amalekites: for those nations were of old the inhabitants of the land, as thou goest to Shur, even unto the land of Egypt.”1 Kings 9:15“And this is the reason of the levy which king Solomon raised; for to build the house of the LORD, and his own house, and Millo, and the wall of Jerusalem, and Hazor, and Megiddo, and Gezer.”Deuteronomy 20:11“And it shall be, if it make thee answer of peace, and open unto thee, then it shall be, that all the people that is found therein shall be tributaries unto thee, and they shall serve thee.”Joshua 17:12“Yet the children of Manasseh could not drive out the inhabitants of those cities; but the Canaanites would dwell in that land.”Joshua 21:21“For they gave them Shechem with her suburbs in mount Ephraim, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Gezer with her suburbs,”2 Samuel 5:25“And David did so, as the LORD had commanded him; and smote the Philistines from Geba until thou come to Gazer.”1 Chronicles 6:67“And they gave unto them, of the cities of refuge, Shechem in mount Ephraim with her suburbs; they gave also Gezer with her suburbs,”1 Chronicles 14:16“David therefore did as God commanded him: and they smote the host of the Philistines from Gibeon even to Gazer.”Nehemiah 5:4“There were also that said, We have borrowed money for the king’s tribute, and that upon our lands and vineyards.”Psalms 106:34“They did not destroy the nations, concerning whom the LORD commanded them:”

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