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ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_5 7:22
The LORD your God will drive out these nations before you little by little. You will not be able to destroy them all at once; otherwise, the wild animals will become too numerous for you.
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_6 15:63
But the descendants of Judah could not drive out the Jebusites who lived in Jerusalem. So the Jebusites live in Jerusalem among the descendants of Judah to this day.
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_6 16:10
But, they did not drive out the Canaanites who lived in Gezer. So the Canaanites live in Ephraim to this day, but they are forced laborers.
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_6 17:12
The descendants of Manasseh could not possess these cities, because the Canaanites were determined to stay in this land.
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_6 17:13
However, when the Israelites grew stronger, they imposed forced labor on the Canaanites but did not drive them out completely.
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_7 3:1-4
1
These are the nations the LORD left in order to test Israel, since none of these Israelites had fought in any of the wars with Canaan.
2
This was to teach the future generations of the Israelites [how to fight in] battle, especially those who had not fought before.
3
[These nations included:] the five rulers of the Philistines and all of the Canaanites, the Sidonians, and the Hivites who lived in the Lebanese mountains from Mount Baal-hermon as far as the entrance to Hamath.
4
The LORD left them to test Israel, to determine if they would keep the LORD's commands He had given their fathers through Moses.