Judges 2:23

Modern English Version

So the Lord left those nations, not hurrying to drive them out; and He did not deliver them into the hand of Joshua.

Cross References

Judges 2:22

so that through them I may test Israel and see whether or not they will keep the ways of the Lord, to walk in them as their fathers did.”

Judges 3:1

Now these are the nations that the Lord left to test those in Israel who had not experienced war in Canaan