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Therefore the children of Israel can`t stand before their enemies; they turn their backs before their enemies, because they are become accursed: I will not be with you any more, except you destroy the devoted thing from among you.
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Sin's Link to Defeat
Commentators explain that Israel's military defeat was not due to a stronger enemy but was a direct consequence of sin in the camp. John Gill notes they were 'forsaken of God' because the community had become 'accursed' through disobedience. God's promise of His presence and blessing was conditional, and He explicitly states He would no longer be with them until the sin was purged.
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Joshua
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Accursed - Compare Joshua 6:17-18.
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Therefore the children of Israel could not stand before their enemies Being forsaken …
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