Judges 3:1

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Summary

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;

The nations

Judges 2:21

Deuteronomy 7:22

Prove

As had not

Judges 2:10

General references

Deuteronomy 6:19

Bible References

The nations

I will not again drive out anyone from before them from the nations that Joshua left when he died,

And Yahweh your God will clear away these nations {from before you} little by little; you will not be able to finish them off quickly, {lest} the {wild animals} {multiply} {against you}.

Prove

And you shall remember all [of] the way that Yahweh your God led you [during] these forty years in the desert in order to humble you and to test you to know what [is] in your heart, whether you would [diligently] keep his commandments or not.

And thus [in the matter of] the envoys of the commanders of Babylon who had been sent to him to seek the sign that had happened in the land, God forsook him, to test him [and] to know all [that was] in his heart.

But he knows {the way that I take}; he tests me--I shall come out like gold.

A crucible [is] for the silver, and a furnace [is] for the gold, but Yahweh will test hearts.

"I have made you an assayer among my people, a fortification, so that you may know and put to the test their ways.

The heart [is] deceitful more than anything else, and it [is] disastrous. Who can understand it?

And I will bring the [remaining] third into the fire, and I will refine them like [one] refines silver, and I will test them like [one] tests gold. They will call my name, and I will answer them. I will say, 'They are my people,' and they will say, 'Yahweh [is] my God.'"

But Jesus himself did not entrust himself to them, because he knew all [people],

so that the genuineness of your faith, more valuable than gold that is passing away, but is tested by fire, may be found to [result in] praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ,

Dear friends, do not be surprised at the fiery ordeal among you, [when it] takes place to test you, as [if] [something] strange were happening to you.

And I will kill her children with deadly disease, and all the churches will know that I am the one who searches minds and hearts, and I will give to each one of you according to your deeds.

As had not

Moreover, that entire generation was gathered to their ancestors, and another generation grew up after them who did not know Yahweh or the work he had done for Israel.

General references

by driving out all [of] your enemies {before you}, [just] as Yahweh {has promised}.