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Judges 3:3-5
New English Translation
Judges 3:3-5
New English Translation
3 These were the nations:[a] the five lords of the Philistines, all the Canaanites, the Sidonians, and the Hivites living in Mount Lebanon, from Mount Baal Hermon to Lebo Hamath.[b] 4 They were left to test Israel, so the Lord would know if his people would obey the commands he gave their ancestors through Moses.[c]
5 The Israelites lived among the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.
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- Judges 3:3 tn The words “These were the nations,” though not present in the Hebrew text, are supplied in the translation for clarity.
- Judges 3:3 tn Or “the entrance to Hamath.”
- Judges 3:4 tn Heb “to know if they would hear the commands of the Lord which he commanded their fathers by the hand of Moses.”
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