Joshua 23:13
“Know for a certainty that the LORD your God will no more drive out any of these nations from before you; but they shall be a snare and a trap unto you, and a scourge in your sides.”
King James Version
Joshua's warning that remaining Canaanites would become traps for unfaithful Israel, fulfilled repeatedly in Judges.
Fulfillment References
Judges 2:3 Judges 3:1-6
How Traditions Read This Prophecy
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