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Why Didn’t the Nations Choose Peace? A Shocking Revelation - Rabbi Yitzchak Breitowitz

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Rabbi Yitzchak Breitowitz

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land was divided or will be divided uh the entire boundary of Erico will be divided among all theatim but much of that land is not going to be conquered till after Yoshua's Yoshua's death now I want to just read you um someim from peral which is after the insur and it mentions this is per yimosa column Uh it was yim many days which actually means years seven years uh Yoshua pursued all of these enemies and says this is perices lob Israel there was not a single city that had made peace with Ben Israel built except Except for Givine. Except for the people who were the inhabitants of Givine. Remember they were the ones who try to get a brisk by deception. Everything. Right. So the PK here is telling me that not a single city made shalom with Ben Israel except for the Gonim later called the Ninim. And then says, and this came from Israel mish, the same phrase as pyro to harden or strengthen their heart so they would wage war with Ben Israel lean in order that they should be destroyed. that they should not have any type of mercy or compassion that they should be utterly eradicated as Moshe as God commanded Moshe. So these these these verses could be very easily overlooked as you're just reading the story but in in indeed they are quite astounding and quite amazing. First let's analyze the the PK that says there was not a single city that made Shaim with B is except for the

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  2. 4:09accepted Yahosua's preyard offer to make peace because once they cross the Ardane there is no…
  3. 8:21would have accepted shalom but Hashem didn't want it which means even when the seven nations…
  4. 12:26past it or you never had that problem. You can take a lot of examples, you…
  5. 16:34and miss keshma. It's up to me. I could go either way. And for most of…
  6. 20:43future. That's called temporal, living in time. And when you live in time, if something is…
  7. 24:52printed as often as the perish um he's he's very very very very controversial and one…
  8. 29:06And the Egyptians made a decision on their own not to listen to God. Their punishment…
  9. 33:08the puss in Yoshu. He does not he does not bring this at all. But apparently…
  10. 37:14does an ara one time and then a second time it becomes mudra to him. At…

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