be cleared from the land promised to the fathers so that chosen Israel can maintain her purity. The structure also shows that the chapter is a unit and should not be divided up and connected with other chapters.3 Furthermore, each of the parallel units is related to the other by repetition of key words. The first and last sections share “destroy totally” (vv. 2 and 26), “many; nations; clear away” (vv. 1 and 22), “possess” (vv. 1 and 17), “give” (vv. 2–3 and 23–24), “destroy” (vv. 4 and 23–24),
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