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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- Judg 2:21-222 verses84%
21From 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;
22In 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.
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1Now 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;
- Josh 11:13-153 verses74%
13As for the towns made on hills of earth, not one was burned by Israel but Hazor, which was burned by Joshua.
14And all the goods taken from these towns, and their cattle, the children of Israel kept for themselves; but every man they put to death without mercy, till their destruction was complete, and there was no one living.
15As the Lord had given orders to Moses his servant, so Moses gave orders to Joshua, and so Joshua did; every order which the Lord had given to Moses was done.
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30And again the Lord gave it and its king into the hands of Israel; and he put it and every person in it to the sword, till their destruction was complete; and he did to its king as he had done to the king of Jericho.
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13And when the children of Israel had become strong, they put the Canaanites to forced work, in place of driving them out.
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8And the Lord gave them up into the hands of Israel, and they overcame them driving them back to great Zidon and to Misrephoth-maim and into the valley of Mizpeh to the east; and they put them all to death, no man got away safely.
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3The Lord your God, he will go over before you; he will send destruction on all those nations, and you will take their land as your heritage: and Joshua will go over at your head as the Lord has said.
- Josh 18:2-32 verses72%
2But there were still seven tribes among the children of Israel who had not taken up their heritage.
3Then Joshua said to the children of Israel, Why are you so slow to go in and take up your heritage in the land which the Lord, the God of your fathers, has given you?
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26So he kept them safe from the children of Israel, and did not let them be put to death.
- Judg 1:27-282 verses72%
27And Manasseh did not take away the land of the people of Beth-shean and its daughter-towns, or of Taanach and its daughter-towns, or of the people of Dor and its daughter-towns, or of the people of Ibleam and its daughter-towns, or of the people of Megiddo and its daughter-towns, driving them out; but the Canaanites would go on living in that land.
28And whenever Israel became strong, they put the Canaanites to forced work, without driving them out completely.
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9For the Lord has sent out from before you nations great and strong: and they have all given way before you till this day.
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19But do you, without waiting, go after their army, attacking them from the back; do not let them get into their towns, for the Lord your God has given them into your hands.
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8And the Lord said to Joshua, Have no fear of them, for I have given them into your hands; they will all give way before you.
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6And Joshua let the people go away, and the children of Israel went, every man to his heritage, to take the land for themselves.
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34They did not put an end to the peoples, as the Lord had said;
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1Now after a long time, when the Lord had given Israel rest from wars on every side, and Joshua was old and full of years,
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29I 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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28Then Joshua let the people go away, every man to his heritage.
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10And Joshua said, By this you will see that the living God is among you, and that he will certainly send out from before you the Canaanite and the Hittite and the Hivite and the Perizzite and the Girgashite and the Amorite and the Jebusite.
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1Now Joshua was old and full of years; and the Lord said to him, You are old and full of years, and there is still very much land to be taken.
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13Then you may be certain that the Lord your God will not go on driving these nations out from before you; but they will become a danger and a cause of sin to you, a whip for your sides and thorns in your eyes, till you are cut off from this good land which the Lord your God has given you.
- Deut 7:22-232 verses70%
22The Lord your God will send out the nations before you little by little; they are not to be rooted out quickly, for fear that the beasts of the field may be increased overmuch against you.
23But the Lord your God will give them up into your hands, overpowering them till their destruction is complete.
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23So Joshua took all the land, as the Lord had said to Moses; and Joshua gave it to the children of Israel as their heritage, making division of it among them by their tribes. And the land had rest from war.
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24And they said to Joshua, Truly, the Lord has given all the land into our hands; and all the people of the land have become like water because of us.
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26For Joshua did not take back his hand with the outstretched spear till the destruction of the people of Ai was complete.
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23Then the Lord will send these nations in flight before you, and you will take the lands of nations greater and stronger than yourselves.
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17There was not a man in Ai and Beth-el who did not go out after Israel; and the town was open and unwatched while they went after Israel.
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19Not one town made peace with the children of Israel, but only the Hivites of Gibeon: they took them all in war.
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4And after the Lord has sent them in flight from before you, say not in your heart, Because of my righteousness the Lord has given me this land; when it is because of their evil-doing that the Lord is driving these nations out before you.
5Not for your righteousness or because your hearts are upright are you going in to take their land; but because of the evil-doing of these nations the Lord your God is driving them out from before you, and to give effect to his oath to your fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
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3And so I have said, I will not send them out from before you; but they will be a danger to you, and their gods will be a cause of falling to you.
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23Then he gave orders to Joshua, the son of Nun, saying to him, Be strong and take heart: for you are to go at the head of the children of Israel into the land which I made an oath to give them; and I will be with you.
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6Then Joshua gave them his blessing and sent them away: and they went back to their tents.
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40So Joshua overcame all the land, the hill-country and the South and the lowland and the mountain slopes, and all their kings; all were put to death: and every living thing he gave up to the curse, as the Lord, the God of Israel, had given him orders.
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4For the purpose of testing Israel by them, to see if they would give ear to the orders of the Lord, which he had given to their fathers by the hand of Moses.
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11Then you went over Jordan and came to Jericho: and the men of Jericho made war on you, the Amorites and the Perizzites and the Canaanites and the Hittites and the Girgashites and the Hivites and the Jebusites: and I gave them up into your hands.
12And I sent the hornet before you, driving out the two kings of the Amorites before you, not with your sword and your bow.
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24So the children went in and took the land, and you overcame before them the people of the land, the Canaanites, and gave them up into their hands, with their kings and the people of the land, so that they might do with them whatever it was their pleasure to do.