Joshua 13:2Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read VersionYou have not yet taken the land of Geshur or the land of the Philistines. See the chapter |
The Lord did not force all the other nations to leave Israel’s land. He wanted to test the Israelites. None of the Israelites living at this time had fought in the wars to take the land of Canaan. So he let those other nations stay in their country. (He did this to teach the Israelites who had not fought in those wars.) These are the nations the Lord left in the land: