Israel failed to destroy the nations in the land, as the Lord had commanded them.

他们不照耶和华所吩咐的灭绝外邦人，

他们不照耶和华所吩咐的灭绝外邦人，

他们不照耶和华所吩咐的灭绝外邦人，

他们没有照耶和华的命令消灭外族人，

他们没有照着耶和华吩咐他们的，灭绝外族的人民，

他们没有照着耶和华所吩咐的，除灭那里的族群；

他們不照耶和華所吩咐的滅絕外邦人，

他們不照耶和華所吩咐的滅絕外邦人，

他們不照耶和華所吩咐的滅絕外邦人，

他們沒有照耶和華的命令消滅外族人，

他們沒有照著耶和華吩咐他們的，滅絕外族的人民，

他們不照永恆主所吩咐他們的、去消滅外族之民，

他們沒有照著耶和華所吩咐的，除滅那裡的族群；

民亦不遵耶和華命、滅絕異邦、

耶和華使民滅此異邦、民不聽從兮、

主命斯民勦滅異邦、竟不聽從、

雅瑋有命。敗類是鋤。

They did not destroy the peoples as the Lord had commanded them,

They didn’t destroy the nations in Canaan as the Lord had commanded them.

They did not destroy the peoples, as the Lord commanded them,

They did not destroy the peoples as the LORD had commanded them

They did not destroy the peoples, As the Lord had commanded them,

They did not destroy the peoples, Concerning whom the Lord had commanded them,

They did not destroy the peoples, As Jehovah commanded them,

They did not destroy the peoples as the Lord had commanded them

They did not destroy the nations, concerning whom the LORD commanded them:

They did not destroy the nations, as the LORD had commanded them to do.

They didn’t destroy the peoples, as Yahweh commanded them,

“ You must destroy all the nations the Lord your God hands over to you. Show them no mercy, and do not worship their gods, or they will trap you.

When the Lord your God hands these nations over to you and you conquer them, you must completely destroy them. Make no treaties with them and show them no mercy.

The tribe of Benjamin, however, failed to drive out the Jebusites, who were living in Jerusalem. So to this day the Jebusites live in Jerusalem among the people of Benjamin.

“ But if you turn away from him and cling to the customs of the survivors of these nations remaining among you, and if you intermarry with them,then know for certain that the Lord your God will no longer drive them out of your land. Instead, they will be a snare and a trap to you, a whip for your backs and thorny brambles in your eyes, and you will vanish from this good land the Lord your God has given you.

But Samuel replied,“ What is more pleasing to the Lord: your burnt offerings and sacrifices or your obedience to his voice? Listen! Obedience is better than sacrifice, and submission is better than offering the fat of rams.Rebellion is as sinful as witchcraft, and stubbornness as bad as worshiping idols. So because you have rejected the command of the Lord, he has rejected you as king.”

Afterward the disciples asked Jesus privately,“ Why couldn’t we cast out that demon?”“ You don’t have enough faith,” Jesus told them.“ I tell you the truth, if you had faith even as small as a mustard seed, you could say to this mountain,‘ Move from here to there,’ and it would move. Nothing would be impossible.”

But if you fail to drive out the people who live in the land, those who remain will be like splinters in your eyes and thorns in your sides. They will harass you in the land where you live.And I will do to you what I had planned to do to them.”

In those towns that the Lord your God is giving you as a special possession, destroy every living thing.You must completely destroy the Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, just as the Lord your God has commanded you.

But the descendants of Manasseh were unable to occupy these towns because the Canaanites were determined to stay in that region.Later, however, when the Israelites became strong enough, they forced the Canaanites to work as slaves. But they did not drive them out of the land.The descendants of Joseph came to Joshua and asked,“ Why have you given us only one portion of land as our homeland when the Lord has blessed us with so many people?”Joshua replied,“ If there are so many of you, and if the hill country of Ephraim is not large enough for you, clear out land for yourselves in the forest where the Perizzites and Rephaites live.”The descendants of Joseph responded,“ It’s true that the hill country is not large enough for us. But all the Canaanites in the lowlands have iron chariots, both those in Beth shan and its surrounding settlements and those in the valley of Jezreel. They are too strong for us.”

The Lord was with the people of Judah, and they took possession of the hill country. But they failed to drive out the people living in the plains, who had iron chariots.

Now go and completely destroy the entire Amalekite nation— men, women, children, babies, cattle, sheep, goats, camels, and donkeys.”

you must drive out all the people living there. You must destroy all their carved and molten images and demolish all their pagan shrines.

But the tribe of Judah could not drive out the Jebusites, who lived in the city of Jerusalem, so the Jebusites live there among the people of Judah to this day.

The tribe of Manasseh failed to drive out the people living in Beth shan, Taanach, Dor, Ibleam, Megiddo, and all their surrounding settlements, because the Canaanites were determined to stay in that region.When the Israelites grew stronger, they forced the Canaanites to work as slaves, but they never did drive them completely out of the land.The tribe of Ephraim failed to drive out the Canaanites living in Gezer, so the Canaanites continued to live there among them.The tribe of Zebulun failed to drive out the residents of Kitron and Nahalol, so the Canaanites continued to live among them. But the Canaanites were forced to work as slaves for the people of Zebulun.The tribe of Asher failed to drive out the residents of Acco, Sidon, Ahlab, Aczib, Helbah, Aphik, and Rehob.Instead, the people of Asher moved in among the Canaanites, who controlled the land, for they failed to drive them out.Likewise, the tribe of Naphtali failed to drive out the residents of Beth shemesh and Beth anath. Instead, they moved in among the Canaanites, who controlled the land. Nevertheless, the people of Beth shemesh and Beth anath were forced to work as slaves for the people of Naphtali.As for the tribe of Dan, the Amorites forced them back into the hill country and would not let them come down into the plains.The Amorites were determined to stay in Mount Heres, Aijalon, and Shaalbim, but when the descendants of Joseph became stronger, they forced the Amorites to work as slaves.The boundary of the Amorites ran from Scorpion Pass to Sela and continued upward from there.

They did not drive the Canaanites out of Gezer, however, so the people of Gezer live as slaves among the people of Ephraim to this day.

But the Lord your God will hand them over to you. He will throw them into complete confusion until they are destroyed.He will put their kings in your power, and you will erase their names from the face of the earth. No one will be able to stand against you, and you will destroy them all.