Judges 2:23

23 Therefore the Lord left those nations, without driving them out immediately; nor did He deliver them into the hand of Joshua.

Judges 2:23 In-Context

21 I also will no longer drive out before them any of the nations which Joshua left when he died,
22 so that through them I may test Israel, whether they will keep the ways of the Lord, to walk in them as their fathers kept them, or not."
23 Therefore the Lord left those nations, without driving them out immediately; nor did He deliver them into the hand of Joshua.
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