Dwelt among the Canaanites ... —These nations are enumerated also in Exodus 33:2; Exodus 34:1. In Joshua 24:11 the Girg…

And the children of Israel dwelt among the Canaanites
As if they had been only sojourners with them, and not conquer…

As the Israelites were a type of the church on earth, they were not to be idle and slothful. The Lord was pleased to try them by the remains of the…