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23 This is why[a] the Lord permitted these nations to remain and did not conquer them immediately;[b] he did not hand them over to Joshua.

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Footnotes

  1. Judges 2:23 tn The words “this is why” are interpretive and not in the original text.
  2. Judges 2:23 tn Or “quickly.”

23 The Lord had allowed those nations to remain; he did not drive them out at once by giving them into the hands of Joshua.(A)

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