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The Nations Left to Test Israel
The remaining peoples become both a military test and a spiritual danger. Israel lives among them, intermarriage follows, and the next step is explicit: Israel serves their gods. The sequence fulfills the danger Deuteronomy had warned about and shows why Judges treats accommodation to idolatry as more serious than mere political coexistence.
Judges records the precise danger Deuteronomy warned about: intermarriage with surrounding nations becomes a pathway into serving their gods and abandoning covenant loyalty. The warning becomes narrative proof of covenant vulnerability.
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