THEOSISJoshua 17:12Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
Neither could the children of Manasses overthrow these cities, but the Chanaanite began to dwell in his land.
וְלֹ֤א יָכְלוּ֙ בְּנֵ֣י מְנַשֶּׁ֔ה לְהוֹרִ֖ישׁ אֶת־הֶֽעָרִ֣ים הָאֵ֑לֶּה וַיּ֙וֹאֶל֙ הַֽכְּנַעֲנִ֔י לָשֶׁ֖בֶת בָּאָ֥רֶץ הַזֹּֽאת׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Ex 23:29I will not cast them out from thy face in one year; lest the land be brought into a wilderness, and the beasts multiply against thee.
- Ex 23:33Let them not dwell in thy land, lest perhaps they make thee sin against me, if thou serve their gods; which, undoubtedly, will be a scandal to thee.
- Judg 1:27Manasses also did not destroy Bethsan, and Thanac, with their villages; nor the inhabitants of Dor, and Jeblaam, and Mageddo, with their villages. And the Chanaanite began to dwell with them.
- Judg 1:28But after Israel was grown strong, he made them tributaries, and would not destroy them.
- Josh 16:10And the children of Ephraim slew not the Chanaanite, who dwelt in Gazer: and the Chanaanite dwelt in the midst of Ephraim until this day, paying tribute.
- Num 33:52Destroy all the inhabitants of that land: Beat down their pillars, and break in pieces their statues, and waste all their high places,
- Num 33:56And whatsoever I had thought to do to them, I will do to you.
- Rom 6:12Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, so as to obey the lusts thereof.