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Now these are the nations which the LORD left, to test Israel by them, even as many as had not known all the wars of Canaan;
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Verse 1. Instruct. The original is translated try, verse 4, and Calmet. 2:22.—And all. Hebrew “as many of Israel as had not,” and so forth Bible.—Those who had served under Josue, were so strongly impressed with a sense of the divine power and severity, that they never forgot them: but there was a danger lest their children should grow careless, if they were suffered to enjoy a constant state of prosperity. Virtue or power is made perfect in infirmity. 2 Corinthians 12:9. Calmet.—He that hath been experienced in many things, multiplieth prudence. Sirach 34:10.
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