“Only that the generations of the children of Israel might know, to teach them war, at the least such as before knew nothing thereof;”
it was only so that the successive generations of Israelites might know war, and teach it to their children; — The purpose clause indicates that preserved Canaanite populations served educational and military-training functions. The verb 'know war' employs 'knowledge' language suggesting practical experience rather than theoretical instruction. The phrase 'teach it to their children' indicates that military knowledge would be transmitted through familial education.
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