Judges 3:4

King James 3 - The Literal Traslation

And they were there to test Israel by them, to know whether they would listen to the commands of Jehovah, which He had commanded their fathers by the hand of Moses.

Cross References

Exodus 15:25

And he cried to Jehovah, and Jehovah showed him a tree. And he threw it into the water, and the water became sweet. He made a statute and an ordinance for them there, and He tested them there.

1 Corinthians 11:19

For also factions need to be among you, so that the approved ones may become revealed among you.

Deuteronomy 33:8

And of Levi he said, Your Thummim and Your Urim are for man, Your holy ones whom You tested at Massah; You contended with him at the Waters of Strife;

Deuteronomy 8:2

And you shall remember all the way which Jehovah your God has caused you to go these forty years in the wilderness, in order to humble you, to try you, to know that which is in your heart, whether you will keep His commands or not.

Judges 2:22

so that by them I may test Israel, whether they are keeping the way of Jehovah, to go in it, as their fathers kept it, or not.

Judges 3:1

And these are the nations which Jehovah left in order to test Israel by them, all who did not know all the wars of Canaan;