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1 These are the nations the LORD left behind to test all the Israelites who had not experienced any war in Canaan. 2 The LORD left them to teach Israel's descendants about war, at least those who had known nothing about it in the past. 3 He left the five rulers of the Philistines, all the Canaanites, the Sidonians, and the Hivites who lived on Mount Lebanon from Mount Baal Hermon to the border of Hamath. 4 These nations were left to test the Israelites, to find out if they would obey the commands the LORD had given their ancestors through Moses. 5 So the people of Israel lived among the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites. 6 The Israelites allowed their sons and daughters to marry these people. Israel also served their gods. Judges 3:1-6, God's Word Translation. Copyright © 1995 by God's Word to the Nations.
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