- 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;
- Only that the generations of the children of Israel might know, to teach them war, at the least such as before knew nothing thereof;
- Namely, five lords of the Philistines, and all the Canaanites, and the Sidonians, and the Hivites that dwelt in mount Lebanon, from mount Baalhermon unto the entering in of Hamath.
- 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.
- And the children of Israel dwelt among the Canaanites, Hittites, and Amorites, and Perizzites, and Hivites, and 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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