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These are the nations the Lord did not force to leave. He wanted to test the Israelites who had not ·fought in [experienced; known] the wars of Canaan. (The only reason the Lord left those nations in the land was to teach the descendants of the Israelites who had not fought in those wars how to fight.)

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Voici quels peuples l’Eternel laissa subsister pour mettre à l’épreuve les Israélites qui n’avaient pas participé aux guerres pour la conquête de Canaan. Il voulait que les nouvelles générations d’Israélites, qui n’avaient pas connu la guerre, apprennent ce qu’est la guerre.

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These are the nations the Lord left to test(A) all those Israelites who had not experienced any of the wars in Canaan (he did this only to teach warfare to the descendants of the Israelites who had not had previous battle experience):

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