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Connecting Statement:
In these verses, the Levites continue to praise Yahweh in the presence of the people of Israel.
you gave them into the hand of the neighboring peoples
Here "hand" represents power or control. See how you translated these words in Nehemiah 9:27. AT: "you allowed the neighboring peoples to defeat them" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy)
you gave
Yahweh gave
you did not make a complete end of them
"you did not destroy them"