JOSHUA 13:13 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 0
“Nevertheless the children of Israel expelled not the Geshurites, nor the Maachathites: but the Geshurites and the Maachathites dwell among the Israelites until this day.”
The Geshurites and Maacathites note — Nevertheless, the children of Israel did not drive out the Geshurites, or the Maacathites; but Geshur and Maacath live within Israel to this day (עַד־הַיּוֹם הַזֶּה). The Geshurites and Maacathites, allocated to Israel but not fully conquered, remain as embedded populations. The phrase 'to this day' (ad-hayom hazze) suggests composition after the settlement period and indicates that these populations were never fully assimilated or expelled. This echoes the pattern in Judges where Canaanite remnants persist in Israel's territory.
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