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”
Judges 3:1-6
Holman Christian Standard Bible
The Lord Tests Israel
3 These are the nations the Lord left in order to test Israel, since the Israelites had fought none of these in[a] any of the wars with Canaan.(A) 2 This was to teach the future generations of the Israelites how to fight in battle, especially those who had not fought before.[b] 3 These nations included: the five rulers(B) of the Philistines(C) and all of the Canaanites, the Sidonians,(D) and the Hivites(E) who lived in the Lebanese mountains[c] from Mount Baal-hermon as far as the entrance to Hamath.[d] 4 The Lord left them to test Israel, to determine if they would keep the Lord’s commands He had given their fathers through[e] Moses.(F) 5 But they settled among the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites. 6 The Israelites took their daughters as wives for themselves, gave their own daughters to their sons, and worshiped their gods.(G)
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- Judges 3:1 Lit had known
- Judges 3:2 Lit not known it
- Judges 3:3 LXX reads in Lebanon
- Judges 3:3 Or as Lebo-hamath
- Judges 3:4 Lit by the hand of
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