Jebusites before the Conquest

Prior to Joshua’s conquest of the promised land, the Jebusites are described as inhabitants of the Promised Land. God promised Abram that he would be given the land of several peoples, the Jebusites among them (Gen 15:18–21). They are mentioned again when God commissions Moses to lead the Hebrew people out of Egypt and into the promised land (Exod 3:8, 17).