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Judges 3:2
Only because of the generations of the children of Israel, for the purpose of teaching them war--only those who up till then had no experience of it;

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Judges 3:1
Now these are the nations which the Lord kept in the land for the purpose of testing Israel by them, all those who had had no experience of all the wars of Canaan;

Exodus 23:29
I will not send them all out in one year, for fear that their land may become waste, and the beasts of the field be increased overmuch against you.

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Judges 2:20
And the wrath of the Lord was burning against Israel, and he said, Because this nation has not been true to my agreement which I made with their fathers, and has not given ear to my voice;

Judges 2:21
From now on I will not go on driving out from before them any of the nations which at the death of Joshua were still living in this land;

Judges 2:22
In order to put Israel to the test, and see if they will keep the way of the Lord, walking in it as their fathers did, or not.

Judges 2:23
So the Lord let those nations go on living in the land, not driving them out quickly, and did not give them up into the hands of Joshua.

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Judges 2:7
And the people were true to the Lord all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the responsible men who were still living after the death of Joshua, and had seen all the great work of the Lord which he had done for Israel.

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