Judges 3:4

וַֽיִּהְיוּ לְנַסּוֹת בָּם אֶת ־ יִשְׂרָאֵל לָדַעַת הֲיִשְׁמְעוּ אֶת ־ מִצְוֺת יְהוָה אֲשֶׁר ־ צִוָּה אֶת ־ אֲבוֹתָם בְּיַד ־ מֹשֶֽׁה ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

And they were to prove Israel by them, to know whether they would hearken unto the commandments of the LORD, which he commanded their fathers by the hand of Moses.

In Context

3חֲמֵשֶׁת ׀ סַרְנֵי פְלִשְׁתִּים וְכָל ־ הַֽכְּנַעֲנִי וְהַצִּידֹנִי וְהַחִוִּי יֹשֵׁב הַר הַלְּבָנוֹן מֵהַר בַּעַל חֶרְמוֹן עַד לְבוֹא חֲמָֽת ׃

5וּבְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל יָשְׁבוּ בְּקֶרֶב הַֽכְּנַעֲנִי הַחִתִּי וְהָֽאֱמֹרִי וְהַפְּרִזִּי וְהַחִוִּי וְהַיְבוּסִֽי ׃

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Cross References

Exodus 15:25וַיִּצְעַק אֶל ־ יְהוָה וַיּוֹרֵהוּ יְהוָה עֵץ וַיַּשְׁלֵךְ אֶל ־ הַמַּיִם וַֽיִּמְתְּקוּ הַמָּיִם שָׁם שָׂם לוֹ חֹק וּמִשְׁפָּט וְשָׁם נִסָּֽהוּ ׃

Deuteronomy 33:8וּלְלֵוִי אָמַר תֻּמֶּיךָ וְאוּרֶיךָ לְאִישׁ חֲסִידֶךָ אֲשֶׁר נִסִּיתוֹ בְּמַסָּה תְּרִיבֵהוּ עַל ־ מֵי מְרִיבָֽה ׃

Judges 3:1וְאֵלֶּה הַגּוֹיִם אֲשֶׁר הִנִּיחַ יְהוָה לְנַסּוֹת בָּם אֶת ־ יִשְׂרָאֵל אֵת כָּל ־ אֲשֶׁר לֹֽא ־ יָדְעוּ אֵת כָּל ־ מִלְחֲמוֹת כְּנָֽעַן ׃

Matthew Henry on Judges 3:2-8

The Idolatry of the Israelites. ( b. c. 1406.) 1 Now these are the nations which the Lord left, to prove Israel by them, even as many of Israel as had not known all the wars of Canaan; 2 Only that the generations of the children of Israel might know, to teach them war, at the least such as before knew nothing thereof; 3 Namely, five lords of the Philistines, and all the Canaanites, and the Sidonians, and the Hivites that dwelt in mount Lebanon, from mount Baal-hermon unto the entering in of Hamath. 4 And they were… Read the whole commentary →

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