^{21 Ref} I also continue not to dispossess any from before them of the nations which Joshua hath left when he dieth,

^{22 Ref} in order to try Israel by them, whether they are keeping the way of Jehovah, to go in it, as their fathers kept `it' or not.'

²³ And Jehovah leaveth these nations, so as not to dispossess them hastily, and did not give them into the hand of Joshua.