Judges 2:21-23

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21 ^aI also will no longer dispossess before them any of the nations which Joshua left when he died, 22 in order to ^atest Israel by them, whether they will keep the way of Yahweh to walk in it as their fathers ¹did, or not.” 23 So Yahweh allowed those nations to rest, not dispossessing them quickly; and He did not give them into the hand of Joshua.