1Andthesearethenationsהַגּוֹיִם֙ha.go.YimH1471thatJehovahleft,toproveIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֑לYis.ra.'ElH3478bythem,allthathadnotknownH3045allthewarsמִלְחֲמ֥וֹתmil.cha.MotH4421ofCanaanכְּנָֽעַן׃ke.Na.'anH3667; 2onlyH7535thatthegenerationsדֹּר֣וֹתdo.RotH1755ofthechildrenofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478mightknowH3045warמִלְחָמָ֑הmil.cha.MahH4421bylearningit,attheleastthosewhobeforehadknownH3045nothingthereof: 3fiveחֲמֵ֣שֶׁת׀cha.Me.shetH2568lord shipsofthePhilistinesפְלִשְׁתִּ֗יםfe.lish.TimH6430,andalltheCanaanitesH3669,andtheSidoniansוְהַצִּ֣ידֹנִ֔יve.ha.Tzi.do.NiH6722,andtheHivitesthatdwellH3427onmountLebanonהַלְּבָנ֑וֹןha.le.va.NonH3844;frommountBaal-HermonH1179untotheenteringintoHamathחֲמָֽת׃cha.MatH2574. 4AndtheyweretoproveIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֑לYis.ra.'ElH3478bythem,toknowלָדַ֗עַתla.Da.'atH3045whethertheywouldobeythecommandmentsמִצְוֹ֣תmitz.VotH4687ofJehovah,whichhecommandedצִוָּ֥הtzi.VahH6680theirfathersH1bythehandבְּיַד־be.yad-H3027ofMosesמֹשֶֽׁה׃mo.ShehH4872. 5AndthechildrenofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478dweltיָשְׁב֖וּya.she.VuH3427amongtheCanaanitesH3669:HittitesH2850andAmoritesH567andPerizzitesandHivitesandJebusites; 6andtheytookH3947theirdaughtersבְּנוֹתֵיהֶ֤םbe.no.tei.HemH1323aswivesH802,andgaveH5414theirdaughtersבְּנוֹתֵיהֶ֖םbe.no.tei.HemH1323totheirsonsלִבְנֵיהֶ֑םliv.nei.HemH1121,andservedH5647theirgodsאֱלֹהֵיהֶֽם׃ פ'e.lo.hei.HemH430. 7AndthechildrenofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֤לYis.ra.'ElH3478didevilהָרַע֙ha.Ra'H7451inthesightofJehovah,andforgotוַֽיִּשְׁכְּח֖וּvai.yish.ke.ChuH7911JehovahtheirGodאֱלֹֽהֵיהֶ֑ם'e.lo.hei.HemH430,andservedH5647theBaalsהַבְּעָלִ֖יםha.be.'a.LimH1168andtheAsherahs. Read all of Judges 3Darby Bible — 1889 — Public Domain
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