Judges 3:1-6
New King James Version
The Nations Remaining in the Land
3 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 2 (this was only so that the generations of the children of Israel might be taught to know war, at least those who had not formerly known it), 3 namely, (B)five lords of the Philistines, all the Canaanites, the Sidonians, and the Hivites who dwelt in Mount Lebanon, from Mount Baal Hermon to the entrance of Hamath. 4 And they were left, that He might test Israel by them, to [b]know whether they would obey the commandments of the Lord, which He had commanded their fathers by the hand of Moses.
5 (C)Thus the children of Israel dwelt among the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites. 6 And (D)they took their daughters to be their wives, and gave their daughters to their sons; and they served their gods.
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Judges 3:1-6
Lexham English Bible
Some Nations Remain in the Land
3 These are the nations that Yahweh left, to test Israel by them (that is, to test all those who had not experienced[a] any of the wars of Canaan, 2 in order that the generations of Israel would know war, to teach those who had not experienced it[b] before): 3 the five rulers of the Philistines, all the Canaanites,[c] the Sidonians,[d] and the Hivites[e] living on Mount Lebanon, from Mount Baal Hermon up to Lebo-Hamath. 4 They were left for testing Israel, to know whether they would keep the commands of Yahweh that he commanded their ancestors[f] through the hand of Moses. 5 And the Israelites[g] lived in the midst of the Canaanites,[h] the Hittites,[i] the Amorites,[j] the Perizzites,[k] the Hivites,[l] and the Jebusites.[m] 6 And they took their daughters as wives for themselves, and they gave their daughters to their sons, and they served their gods.[n]
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- Judges 3:1 Literally “did not know”
- Judges 3:2 Literally “who had not known it”
- Judges 3:3 Hebrew “Canaanite”
- Judges 3:3 Hebrew “Sidonian”
- Judges 3:3 Hebrew “Hivite”
- Judges 3:4 Or “fathers”
- Judges 3:5 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
- Judges 3:5 Hebrew “Canaanite”
- Judges 3:5 Hebrew “Hittite”
- Judges 3:5 Hebrew “Amorite”
- Judges 3:5 Hebrew “Perizzite”
- Judges 3:5 Hebrew “Hivite”
- Judges 3:5 Hebrew “Jebusite”
- Judges 3:6 Or “worshiped their gods”
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