Numbers 14:9

9Only ado not rebel against the Lord. And bdo not fear the people of the land, for cthey are bread for us. Their protection is removed from them, and the Lord is with us; do not fear them.”

Numbers 14:45

45Then dthe Amalekites and the Canaanites who lived in that hill country came down and defeated them and pursued them, even to eHormah.

Joshua 23:13

13know for certain that fthe Lord your God will no longer drive out these nations before you, gbut they shall be a snare and a trap for you, a whip on your sides and thorns in your eyes, until you perish from off this good ground that the Lord your God has given you.

Judges 2:20-23

20 hSo the anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel, and he said, “Because this people ihave transgressed my covenant that I commanded their fathers and have not obeyed my voice, 21 jI will no longer drive out before them any of the nations that Joshua left when he died, 22in order kto test Israel by them, whether they will take care to walk in the way of the Lord as their fathers did, or not.” 23So the Lord left those nations, not driving them out quickly, and he did not give them into the hand of Joshua.

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