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it was Yahweh who hardened their hearts

Yahweh causing the people of the cities to be stubborn is spoken of as if Yahweh had hardened their hearts. AT: "it was Yahweh who caused them to act stubbornly" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)

translationWords

• rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/joshua
• rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/king
• rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/israel
• rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/hivite
• rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/gibeon
• rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/yahweh
• rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/instruct
• rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/moses