25 Then Moses cried out(A) to the Lord, and the Lord showed him a piece of wood. He threw(B) it into the water, and the water became fit to drink.

There the Lord issued a ruling and instruction for them and put them to the test.(C)

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25 And he cried unto the Lord; and the Lord shewed him a tree, which when he had cast into the waters, the waters were made sweet: there he made for them a statute and an ordinance, and there he proved them,

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25 So he cried out to the Lord, and the Lord showed him a tree. (A)When he cast it into the waters, the waters were made sweet.

There He (B)made a statute and an [a]ordinance for them, and there (C)He tested them,

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 15:25 regulation

Then the Lord said to Moses, “I will rain down bread from heaven(A) for you. The people are to go out each day and gather enough for that day. In this way I will test(B) them and see whether they will follow my instructions.

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Then said the Lord unto Moses, Behold, I will rain bread from heaven for you; and the people shall go out and gather a certain rate every day, that I may prove them, whether they will walk in my law, or no.

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Then the Lord said to Moses, “Behold, I will rain (A)bread from heaven for you. And the people shall go out and gather [a]a certain quota every day, that I may (B)test them, whether they will (C)walk in My law or not.

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  1. Exodus 16:4 Lit. the portion of a day in its day

20 Moses said to the people, “Do not be afraid.(A) God has come to test(B) you, so that the fear(C) of God will be with you to keep you from sinning.”(D)

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20 And Moses said unto the people, Fear not: for God is come to prove you, and that his fear may be before your faces, that ye sin not.

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20 And Moses said to the people, (A)“Do not fear; (B)for God has come to test you, and (C)that His fear may be before you, so that you may not sin.”

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Remember how the Lord your God led(A) you all the way in the wilderness these forty years, to humble and test(B) you in order to know what was in your heart, whether or not you would keep his commands.

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And thou shalt remember all the way which the Lord thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, and to prove thee, to know what was in thine heart, whether thou wouldest keep his commandments, or no.

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And you shall remember that the Lord your God (A)led you all the way these forty years in the wilderness, to humble you and (B)test you, (C)to know what was in your heart, whether you would keep His commandments or not.

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16 He gave you manna(A) to eat in the wilderness, something your ancestors had never known,(B) to humble and test(C) you so that in the end it might go well with you.

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16 Who fed thee in the wilderness with manna, which thy fathers knew not, that he might humble thee, and that he might prove thee, to do thee good at thy latter end;

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16 who fed you in the wilderness with (A)manna, which your fathers did not know, that He might humble you and that He might test you, (B)to do you good in the end—

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you must not listen to the words of that prophet(A) or dreamer.(B) The Lord your God is testing(C) you to find out whether you love(D) him with all your heart and with all your soul.

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Thou shalt not hearken unto the words of that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams: for the Lord your God proveth you, to know whether ye love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul.

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you shall not listen to the words of that prophet or that dreamer of dreams, for the Lord your God (A)is testing you to know whether you love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul.

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22 I will use them to test(A) Israel and see whether they will keep the way of the Lord and walk in it as their ancestors did.”

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22 That through them I may prove Israel, whether they will keep the way of the Lord to walk therein, as their fathers did keep it, or not.

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22 so (A)that through them I may (B)test Israel, whether they will keep the ways of the Lord, to walk in them as their fathers kept them, or not.”

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These are the nations the Lord left to test(A) all those Israelites who had not experienced any of the wars in Canaan

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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;

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The Nations Remaining in the Land

Now these are (A)the nations which the Lord left, that He might test Israel by them, that is, all who had not [a]known any of the wars in Canaan

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Footnotes

  1. Judges 3:1 experienced

31 But when envoys were sent by the rulers of Babylon(A) to ask him about the miraculous sign(B) that had occurred in the land, God left him to test(C) him and to know everything that was in his heart.

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31 Howbeit in the business of the ambassadors of the princes of Babylon, who sent unto him to enquire of the wonder that was done in the land, God left him, to try him, that he might know all that was in his heart.

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31 However, regarding the ambassadors of the princes of Babylon, whom they (A)sent to him to inquire about the wonder that was done in the land, God withdrew from him, in order to (B)test him, that He might know all that was in his heart.

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