3:2 if only to teach warfare to the subsequent generations of Israel, especially to those who had not known it formerly:

Yahweh did this only to teach Israel how to fight their enemies, because some of them had not fought in any battles.
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The only reason Yahweh left them in the land was to teach the new generation of Israel people how to fight.

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