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1 These are the nations that the LORD {YHWH} left to test all the Israelites (God prevails) who had not known any of the wars in Canaan (lowland), 2 if only to teach warfare to the subsequent generations of Israel (he wrestles with God), especially to those who had not known it formerly: 3 the five rulers of the Philistines (immigrants), all the Canaanites (merchants), the Sidonians, and the Hivites (villagers) who lived in the mountains of Lebanon (whiteness) from Mount Baal-hermon (lord of destruction) to Lebo-hamath (fortress). 4 These nations were left to test the Israelites (God prevails), to find out whether they would keep the commandments of the LORD {YHWH}, which He had given their fathers through Moses (drawn out). 5 Thus the Israelites (God prevails) continued to live among the Canaanites (merchants), Hittites, Amorites (sayers), Perizzites (villagers), Hivites, and Jebusites (Jerusalemites). 6 And they took the daughters of these people in marriage, gave their own daughters to their sons, and served their gods. Judges 3:1-6, Berean Annotated Bible. Public domain.
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