only in order that the generations of the sons of Israel might [a]be taught war, [b]those who had not [c]experienced it previously). These nations are: the five governors of the Philistines and all the Canaanites and the Sidonians, and (A)the Hivites who lived on Mount Lebanon, from Mount Baal-hermon as far as [d]Lebo-hamath. They were left to (B)test Israel by them, to find out if they would [e]obey the commandments of the Lord, which He had commanded their fathers [f]through Moses.

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Footnotes

  1. Judges 3:2 Lit know, to teach them
  2. Judges 3:2 Lit only those
  3. Judges 3:2 Lit known
  4. Judges 3:3 Or the entrance of Hamath
  5. Judges 3:4 Lit listen to
  6. Judges 3:4 Lit by the hand of

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