Judges 3:1

1 These are the nations the LORD left to test all those Israelites who had not experienced any of the wars in Canaan

Judges 3:1 in Other Translations

KJV
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;
ESV
1 Now these are the nations that the LORD left, to test Israel by them, that is, all in Israel who had not experienced all the wars in Canaan.
NLT
1 These are the nations that the LORD left in the land to test those Israelites who had not experienced the wars of Canaan.
MSG
1 These are the nations that God left there, using them to test the Israelites who had no experience in the Canaanite wars.
CSB
1 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

1 These are the nations the LORD left to test all those Israelites who had not experienced any of the wars in Canaan
2 (he did this only to teach warfare to the descendants of the Israelites who had not had previous battle experience):
3 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.
4 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.
5 The Israelites lived among the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites.

Cross References 1

  • 1. S Exodus 15:25; Judges 2:21-22
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