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Judges 3:1

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Now these are the nations which Yahweh left, to test Israel by them, even as many as had not known all the wars of Canaan;

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Contradictions (1)

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  • Did God destroy the nations?

    Exodus 33, Deuteronomy 7 and 31, and Joshua 1, 3, 17, and 21 all promise or declare total victory — God will drive out every Canaanite nation, no one will stand against Israel, Joshua 21:44 even says all enemies were delivered into Israel's hand. Joshua 15-17 and Judges 1, 3 then admit that Jebusites, Canaanites in Gezer, cities of Manasseh, and numerous peoples were never driven out at all.

    Critical scholarship: Widely regarded as a genuine contradiction.

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