So he cried out to the Lord, and the Lord showed him a tree. When he threw it into the water, the water became drinkable. The Lord made a statute and ordinance for them at Marah, and he tested them there.
Judges 3:4 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised The Lord left them to test Israel, to determine if they would keep the Lord’s commands he had given their ancestors through Moses. Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition They were for the testing and proving of Israel to know whether Israel would listen and obey the commandments of the Lord, which He commanded their fathers by Moses. American Standard Version (1901) 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. Common English Bible They were to be the test for Israel, to find out whether they would obey the LORD’s commands, which he had made to their ancestors through Moses. Catholic Public Domain Version And he left them, so that by them he might test Israel, as to whether or not they would listen to the commandments of the Lord, which he instructed to their fathers by the hand of Moses. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And he left them, that he might try Israel by them, whether they would hear the commandments of the Lord, which he had commanded their fathers by the hand of Moses, or not. |
So he cried out to the Lord, and the Lord showed him a tree. When he threw it into the water, the water became drinkable. The Lord made a statute and ordinance for them at Marah, and he tested them there.
Indeed, it is necessary that there be factions among you, so that those who are approved may be recognised among you.
He said about Levi: Your Thummim and Urim belong to your faithful one; you tested him at Massah and contended with him at the Waters of Meribah.
Remember that the Lord your God led you on the entire journey these forty years in the wilderness, so that he might humble you and test you to know what was in your heart, whether or not you would keep his commands.
I did this to test Israel and to see whether or not they would keep the Lord’s way by walking in it, as their ancestors had.’
These are the nations the Lord left in order to test all those in Israel who had experienced none of the wars in Canaan.