Commentary for Judges 2:21
גַּם־אֲנִי֙ לֹ֣א אוֹסִ֔יף לְהוֹרִ֥ישׁ אִ֖ישׁ מִפְּנֵיהֶ֑ם מִן־הַגּוֹיִ֛ם אֲשֶׁר־עָזַ֥ב יְהוֹשֻׁ֖עַ וַיָּמֹֽת׃
I also will not henceforth drive out any from before them of the nations that Joshua left when he died;
Metzudat David on Judges
FOR MY PART: Just as they acted, so too I will repay them
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Metzudat Zion on Judges
TO WIPE OUT: To drive out
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Metzudat David on Judges
THAT JOSHUA LEFT FOR THEM: It wants to teach, he (Joshua) left them intentionally in their place and then he died. He did not want to expel all of them in his life time, as the pasig says in Shemot 23: 30, slowly, slowly I will expel them.
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Metzudat Zion on Judges
TO Leave: to allow/leave alone
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