Yet you have disobeyed me. Why have you done this?

 Judges 1:22-2:5

Now the tribes of Joseph attacked Bethel, and the Lord was with them.

But Manasseh did not drive out the people of Beth Shan or Taanach or Dor or Ibleam or Megiddo and their surrounding settlements, for the Canaanites were determined to live in that land. When Israel became strong, they pressed the Canaanites into forced labor but never drove them out completely.

Nor did Ephraim drive out the Canaanites living in Gezer, but the Canaanites continued to live there among them.

Neither did Zebulun drive out the Canaanites living in Kitron or Nahalol, so these Canaanites lived among them, but Zebulun did subject them to forced labor

Nor did Asher drive out those living in Akko or Sidon or Ahlab or Akzib or Helbah or Aphek or Rehob.

Neither did Naphtali drive out those living in Beth Shemesh or Beth Anath.

The angel of the Lord went up from Gilgal to Bokim and said, “I brought you up out of Egypt and led you into the land I swore to give to your ancestors. I said, ‘I will never break my covenant with you,  and you shall not make a covenant with the people of this land, but you shall break down their altars.’ Yet you have disobeyed me. Why have you done this?  And I have also said, ‘I will not drive them out before you; they will become traps for you, and their gods will become snares to you.

The capture of Bethel by the 'men of Jesoph' -  Ephraim and Manasseh is followed by a catalog of failures, relieved only by a further success of the Joseph tribes in verse 35.

These verses serve as a comment on the failures recounted in chapter 1. Gigal was where the people first camped and built an altar after crossing the Jordan.

Why?

When the tribe of Joseph attack Bethel, God is with them. so they got the city. But other tribes did not attack their territories, they negotiate with the people in Canaanites and living with them. They did not listen to the word of the Lord. So God sent an angel to warn them. They will be their traps and their god will become snares to them.

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約瑟家如何攻打伯特利。他們先派人去窺探，和約書亞。

沒有趕出去出現五次。神沒有允許以色列人與迦南人同住，要趕他們出去或是滅絕他們。迦南人執意要住下來，怎麼以色列人不執意趕走他們。其實他們聽神的話只聽一半，他們因為自己想要住在那裏，他們需要這個產業，有住的地方了，有放牛半的地方，可以種地，這些人留下來可以成為以色列人的奴僕，做事。以色列人不關心神的吩咐，與我的想法相合的我聽，與我的利益不合的不聽。神要我們除去神不喜悅的，人卻會妥協，就是人圖自己的利益，便宜行事。

神決定不將迦南人除去，以色列人以為很好，以後卻成為以色列人的網羅。人不可能與罪惡和平共處。罪惡存在人的心中，一定會侵蝕人。以色列人不可能在敗壞的迦南地與他們同在和平共處。罪惡伏在門口，它必戀慕你！我們聽神的話不能選擇性的聽，要全然的聽。

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How?

Most of us might tire to fight evil, but we need to struggle and continue to fight and God is with us. It is we join with the Lord to fight.