Judges 2:23

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the Lord had left those nations, not driving them out at once, and had not handed them over to Joshua.

Cross References

Judges 2:22

In order to test Israel, whether or not they would take care to walk in the way of the Lord as their ancestors did,

Judges 3:1

Now these are the nations that the Lord left to test all those in Israel who had no experience of any war in Canaan