- Now these are the nations which the LORD left, to test Israel by them (that is, all who had not experienced any of the wars of Canaan;
- only in order that the generations of the sons of Israel might be taught war, those who had not experienced it formerly).
- These nations are: the five lords of the Philistines and all the Canaanites and the Sidonians and the Hivites who lived in Mount Lebanon, from Mount Baal-hermon as far as Lebo-hamath.
- They were for testing Israel, to find out if they would obey the commandments of the LORD, which He had commanded their fathers through Moses.
- The sons of Israel lived among the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites;
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- These are the nations the LORD left to test all those Israelites who had not experienced any of the wars in Canaan
- (he did this only to teach warfare to the descendants of the Israelites who had not had previous battle experience):
- 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.
- They were left to test the Israelites to see whether they would obey the LORD's commands, which he had given their forefathers through Moses.
- The Israelites lived among the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites.
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