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. . . . At first glance we mistakenly view the Hebrews as aggressors. We forget that they had been so afraid of these enormous Canaanites with their walled cities that they would have preferred to return to slavery in Egypt. God made it clear that they could NOT overthrow the Canaanites. The Hebrews would need God to fight for them. If they even began to forget God, disaster would soon follow. Multiple instructions on caring for the foreigners in their midst make it clear that the conflict was not between Hebrews and non-Hebrews, but between the brutally corrupt Canaanites and God, who lovingly fights for the oppressed. . . .