Judges 2:23

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The LORD allowed those nations to remain; he did not drive them out immediately by giving them into Joshua’s hand.

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  • Judg 2:21-22
    2 verses
    84%

    21'I will no longer drive out before them any of the nations that Joshua left when he died.'

    22I will use them to test Israel and see whether they will keep the way of the LORD and walk in it as their ancestors did.

  • Judg 3:1
    76%

    1These are the nations that the Lord left in order to test Israel—those who had not experienced the wars of Canaan.

  • Josh 11:13-15
    3 verses
    74%

    13However, Israel did not burn any of the cities built on their mounds, except for Hazor, which Joshua burned.

    14The Israelites took all the plunder and livestock of these cities for themselves, but they killed all the people with the sword, completely destroying them and leaving no survivors.

    15As the LORD had commanded his servant Moses, so Moses commanded Joshua, and Joshua did as instructed. He left nothing undone from all that the LORD had commanded Moses.

  • Josh 10:30
    73%

    30The LORD gave Libnah into Israel's hands, along with its king. Joshua put the city and everyone in it to the sword, leaving no survivors. He treated its king as he had treated the king of Jericho.

  • Josh 17:13
    73%

    13However, when the Israelites grew stronger, they subjected the Canaanites to forced labor but did not completely drive them out.

  • Josh 11:8
    73%

    8The LORD gave them into the hand of Israel, who struck them down and pursued them as far as Greater Sidon, Misrephoth Maim, and the valley of Mizpeh to the east. They struck them down until no survivors remained.

  • Deut 31:3
    72%

    3The LORD your God himself will cross ahead of you. He will destroy these nations before you, and you shall take possession of them. Joshua will cross ahead of you, as the LORD has said.

  • Josh 18:2-3
    2 verses
    72%

    2Seven tribes among the Israelites remained who had not yet received their inheritance.

    3Joshua said to the Israelites, "How long will you delay entering to take possession of the land that the LORD, the God of your ancestors, has given you?

  • Josh 9:26
    72%

    26So Joshua saved them from the Israelites, and they did not kill them.

  • Judg 1:27-28
    2 verses
    72%

    27Manasseh did not drive out the inhabitants of Beth-shean and its surrounding villages, or Taanach and its surrounding villages, or the inhabitants of Dor and its surrounding villages, or the inhabitants of Ibleam and its surrounding villages, or the inhabitants of Megiddo and its surrounding villages. The Canaanites were determined to stay in this land.

    28When Israel became strong, they subjected the Canaanites to forced labor, but they did not completely drive them out.

  • Josh 23:9
    72%

    9The LORD has driven out great and powerful nations before you, and no one has been able to stand against you to this day.

  • Josh 10:19
    72%

    19But as for you, do not stop! Pursue your enemies and attack them from behind. Do not allow them to enter their cities, for the LORD your God has delivered them into your hands.”

  • Josh 10:8
    71%

    8And the LORD said to Joshua, “Do not be afraid of them. I have given them into your hand; not one of them will be able to stand against you.”

  • Judg 2:6
    71%

    6After Joshua sent the people away, the Israelites went to take possession of the land, each to their own inheritance.

  • Ps 106:34
    71%

    34They did not destroy the peoples as the LORD had commanded them,

  • Josh 23:1
    71%

    1A long time later, after the LORD had given rest to Israel from all their enemies around them, Joshua had grown old and was advanced in years.

  • Exod 23:29
    71%

    29I will not drive them out before you in a single year, because the land would become desolate, and the wild animals would multiply against you.

  • Josh 24:28
    71%

    28Then Joshua dismissed the people, each to their own inheritance.

  • Josh 3:10
    71%

    10Joshua said, 'By this you will know that the living God is among you and that He will surely drive out before you the Canaanites, Hittites, Hivites, Perizzites, Girgashites, Amorites, and Jebusites.'

  • Josh 13:1
    71%

    1Now Joshua had become old and advanced in years, and the LORD said to him, "You are old and advanced in years, and much of the land remains to be taken over."

  • Josh 23:13
    71%

    13then you can be certain that the LORD your God will no longer drive out these nations before you. Instead, they will become snares and traps for you, whips on your sides and thorns in your eyes, until you perish from this good land the LORD your God has given you.

  • Deut 7:22-23
    2 verses
    70%

    22The LORD your God will drive out those nations before you little by little. You will not be able to destroy them all at once, or the wild animals will multiply around you.

    23But the LORD your God will deliver them over to you, throwing them into great panic until they are destroyed.

  • Josh 11:23
    70%

    23So Joshua took the entire land, just as the LORD had promised to Moses, and gave it as an inheritance to Israel according to their tribal divisions. And the land had rest from war.

  • Josh 2:24
    70%

    24They said to Joshua, "The LORD has surely given the whole land into our hands; all the inhabitants of the land are melting in fear because of us."

  • Josh 8:26
    70%

    26Joshua did not draw back the hand with which he had stretched out the javelin until he had completely destroyed all the inhabitants of Ai.

  • Deut 11:23
    70%

    23then the LORD will drive out all these nations before you, and you will dispossess nations greater and stronger than you.

  • Josh 8:17
    70%

    17Not a man remained in Ai or Bethel who did not go out after Israel. They left the city unguarded and pursued Israel.

  • Josh 11:19
    70%

    19No city made peace with the Israelites except the Hivites living in Gibeon. All others were taken in battle.

  • Deut 9:4-5
    2 verses
    70%

    4Do not say in your heart, when the LORD your God drives them out before you, 'It is because of my righteousness that the LORD has brought me in to take possession of this land,' but it is because of the wickedness of these nations that the LORD is dispossessing them before you.

    5It is not because of your righteousness or the uprightness of your heart that you are entering to take possession of their land, but it is because of the wickedness of these nations that the LORD your God is driving them out before you, and to fulfill the promise the LORD swore to your ancestors—to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

  • Judg 2:3
    69%

    3So now I say, 'I will not drive them out before you. They will become thorns in your sides, and their gods will be a snare to you.'

  • Deut 31:23
    69%

    23Then the LORD gave this command to Joshua son of Nun: 'Be strong and courageous, for you will bring the Israelites into the land I swore to them, and I will be with you.'

  • Josh 22:6
    69%

    6So Joshua blessed them and sent them away, and they went to their tents.

  • Josh 10:40
    69%

    40So Joshua conquered the whole country—the hill country, the Negev, the lowland, and the slopes—along with all their kings. He left no survivors but devoted every living thing to destruction, just as the LORD, the God of Israel, had commanded.

  • Judg 3:4
    69%

    4They were left to test Israel in order to know whether they would obey the commandments of the Lord, which He had given to their ancestors through Moses.

  • Josh 24:11-12
    2 verses
    69%

    11You crossed the Jordan and came to Jericho. The leaders of Jericho, along with the Amorites, Perizzites, Canaanites, Hittites, Girgashites, Hivites, and Jebusites fought against you, but I gave them into your hands.

    12I sent the hornet ahead of you, and it drove out the two Amorite kings from before you. It was not by your sword or bow.

  • Neh 9:24
    69%

    24Their descendants went in and took possession of the land. You subdued the inhabitants of the land—the Canaanites—before them and handed their kings and the peoples of the land over to them, to do with as they desired.