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only that the generations of the children of Israel might know, to teach them war, at the least such as before knew nothing of it:
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Commentators explain that a new generation of Israelites had not experienced the miraculous wars of Joshua's time. God left these nations so the Israelites would learn military discipline and the art of war, preventing them from becoming slothful and ensuring they could actively fulfill God's command to possess the land.
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19th Century
Anglican
Only that the generations of the children of Israel might know, to teach them war. —The Septuagint here renders, “Only be…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Only that the generations of the children of Israel might know and teach them war
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Presbyterian
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…
