Judges 2:23

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

So the Lord left those nations, not driving them out at once, and he did not give them into the power of Joshua.

Cross References

Judges 2:22

that by them I may test Israel, whether they will take care to walk in the way of the Lord as their fathers did, or not.”

Judges 3:1

Now these are the nations which the Lord left, to test Israel by them, that is, all in Israel who had no experience of any war in Canaan;