Nations left to test Israel

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'''Back to [[Bible Topic from Genesis to Revelation]]''' '''Back to [['Judges]]''' ---- Judg 3:1: 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;<br/> Judg 3:2: Only that the generations of the children of Israel might know, to teach them war, at the least such as before knew nothing thereof;<br/> Judg 3:3: 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.<br/> Judg 3:4: 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.<br/> Judg 3:5: And the children of Israel dwelt among the Canaanites, Hittites, and Amorites, and Perizzites, and Hivites, and Jebusites:<br/> Judg 3:6: And they took their daughters to be their wives, and gave their daughters to their sons, and served their gods.<br/> Judg 3:7: And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD, and forgat the LORD their God, and served Baalim and the groves.[[Category:Bible Topic]]