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These are the nations the Lord left in order to test Israel, since none of these Israelites had fought in any of the wars with Canaan.
Judges 3:1 In-Context
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These are the nations the LORD left to test all those Israelites who had not experienced any of the wars in Canaan
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(he did this only to teach warfare to the descendants of the Israelites who had not had previous battle experience):
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the five rulers of the Philistines, all the Canaanites, the Sidonians, and the Hivites living in the Lebanon mountains from Mount Baal Hermon to Lebo Hamath.
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They were left to test the Israelites to see whether they would obey the LORD’s commands, which he had given their ancestors through Moses.
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The Israelites lived among the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites.