Judges 3:4

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

They were for the testing of Israel, to know whether Israel would obey the commandments of the Lord that he commanded their ancestors by Moses.

Cross References

Exodus 15:25

He cried out to the Lord, and the Lord showed him a piece of wood; he threw it into the water, and the water became sweet. There the Lord made for them a statute and an ordinance, and there he put them to the test.

1 Corinthians 11:19

Indeed, there have to be factions among you, for only so will it become clear who among you are genuine.

Deuteronomy 33:8

And of Levi he said, “Give to Levi your Thummim and your Urim to your loyal one, whom you tested at Massah, with whom you contended at the waters of Meribah,

Deuteronomy 8:2

Remember the long way that the Lord your God has led you these forty years in the wilderness, in order to humble you, testing you to know what was in your heart, whether or not you would keep his commandments.

Judges 2:22

In order to test Israel, whether or not they would take care to walk in the way of the Lord as their ancestors did,

Judges 3:1

Now these are the nations that the Lord left to test all those in Israel who had no experience of war in Canaan