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John Gill's Exposition on Judges 3:1

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John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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Now these [are] the nations which the Lord left to prove Israel by them, etc.] Which are later mentioned, (<070303>Judges 3:3,5); [even] as many [of Israel] as had not known all the wars of Canaan; those that Joshua, and the people of Israel under him, had with the Canaanites, when they first entered the land and subdued it; being then not born, or so young as not to have knowledge of them, at least not able to bear arms at that time.
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