only that the generations of the children of Israel might know, to teach them war, at the least such as before knew nothing of it:
"The Israelites descended three steps in their cultural accommodation to paganism: (a) they lived among the Canaanites, (b) they intermarried with them, and (c) they served their gods. Each step is a natural one leading on to the next." [Note: Lindsey, p. 384.] 