20 The Lord’s anger burned against Israel, and he declared, “Because this nation has violated my covenant(A) that I made with their ancestors(B) and disobeyed me, 21 I will no longer drive out before them any of the nations Joshua left(C) when he died.(D) 22 I did this to test Israel and to see whether or not they would keep the Lord’s way(E) by walking in it, as their ancestors had.”(F) 23 The Lord left these nations and did not drive them out immediately. He did not hand them over to Joshua.

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20 So the Lord became angry with Israel and said, “Because this nation has violated my covenant that I required of their ancestors and hasn’t obeyed me, 21 I in turn will no longer drive out before them any of the nations that Joshua left when he died.” 22 As a test for Israel, to see whether they would carefully walk in the Lord’s ways just as their ancestors had done, 23 the Lord left these nations instead of driving them out immediately or handing them over to Joshua.

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