Judges 3:5 Made Simple

KJV ORIGINAL

And the children of Israel dwelt among the Canaanites, Hittites, and Amorites, and Perizzites, and Hivites, and Jebusites:

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✦ MADE SIMPLE

The people of Israel lived among the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.

⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE

This verse describes how the Israelites settled and lived alongside the various pagan nations in the Promised Land instead of driving them out as God had commanded.

📚 Historical Context

After Joshua's death, the Israelites failed to completely conquer the Promised Land as God had instructed them. Instead of removing the pagan nations, they chose to coexist with them. This disobedience would lead to spiritual compromise as the Israelites began adopting the religious practices and customs of their neighbors.

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Exodus 3:8

And I have come down to rescue them from the power of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land to a good and spacious land, to a land flowing with milk and honey—to the place where the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites live.

Exodus 3:17

And I have promised: I will bring you up out of your suffering in Egypt to the land of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites—to a land flowing with milk and honey.

Exodus 33:2

I will send an angel ahead of you, and I will drive out the Canaanites, Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.

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