Judges 3:4
And they were to prove Israel by them, to know whether they would hearken unto the commandments of the LORD, which he commanded their fathers by the hand of Moses.
KJV
Dimisitque eos, ut in ipsis experiretur Israëlem, utrum audiret mandata Domini quæ præceperat patribus eorum per manum Moysi, an non.
Vulgate
καὶ ἐγένετο ὥστε πειράσαι ἐν αὐτοῖς τὸν Ἰσραήλ, γνῶναι εἰ ἀκούσονται τὰς ἐντολὰς Κυρίου ἃς ἐνετείλατο τοῖς πατράσιν αὐτῶν ἐν χειρὶ Μωυσῆ.
LXX
And they were left, to prove Israel by them, to know whether they would hearken unto the commandments of Jehovah, which he commanded their fathers by Moses.
ASV
וַֽ/יִּהְי֕וּ לְ/נַסּ֥וֹת בָּ֖/ם אֶת יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל לָ/דַ֗עַת הֲ/יִשְׁמְעוּ֙ אֶת מִצְוֺ֣ת יְהוָ֔ה אֲשֶׁר צִוָּ֥ה אֶת אֲבוֹתָ֖/ם בְּ/יַד מֹשֶֽׁה
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Cross-references
- Exod 15:25 — And he cried unto the LORD; and the LORD shewed him a tree, which when he had cast into the waters, the waters were made sweet: there he made for them a statute and an ordinance, and there he proved t
- Judg 2:22 — That through them I may prove Israel, whether they will keep the way of the LORD to walk therein, as their fathers did keep it, or not.
- Judg 3:1 — 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;