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The Book of Judges, Chapter 2, Verse 23

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That through them I may prove Israel, whether they will keep the way of the LORD to walk therein, as their fathers did keep [it], or not.
King James Version
Therefore the LORD left those nations, without driving them out hastily; neither delivered he them into the hand of Joshua.
American Standard Version
So Jehovah left those nations, without driving them out hastily; neither delivered he them into the hand of Joshua.
New English Translation
This is why the LORD permitted these nations to remain and did not conquer them immediately; he did not hand them over to Joshua.
World English Bible
So Yahweh left those nations, without driving them out hastily; neither delivered he them into the hand of Joshua.
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Now these [are] the nations which the LORD left, to prove Israel by them, [even] as many [of Israel] as had not known all the wars of Canaan;
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Only that the generations of the children of Israel might know, to teach them war, at the least such as before knew nothing thereof;
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[Namely], five lords of the Philistines, and all the Canaanites, and the Sidonians, and the Hivites that dwelt in mount Lebanon, from mount Baalhermon unto the entering in of Hamath.
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And they were to prove Israel by them, to know whether they would hearken unto the commandments of the LORD, which he commanded their fathers by the hand of Moses.
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And the children of Israel dwelt among the Canaanites, Hittites, and Amorites, and Perizzites, and Hivites, and Jebusites:
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And they took their daughters to be their wives, and gave their daughters to their sons, and served their gods.
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And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD, and forgat the LORD their God, and served Baalim and the groves.
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Therefore the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel, and he sold them into the hand of Chushanrishathaim king of Mesopotamia: and the children of Israel served Chushanrishathaim eight years.
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And when the children of Israel cried unto the LORD, the LORD raised up a deliverer to the children of Israel, who delivered them, [even] Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother.
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And the Spirit of the LORD came upon him, and he judged Israel, and went out to war: and the LORD delivered Chushanrishathaim king of Mesopotamia into his hand; and his hand prevailed against Chushanrishathaim.