Judges 3:4

The English Standar Version

They were for the testing of Israel, to know whether Israel would obey the commandments of the LORD, which he commanded their fathers by the hand of Moses.

Cross References

Exodus 15:25

And he cried to the LORD, and the LORD showed him a log,[3] and he threw it into the water, and the water became sweet. There the LORD[4] made for them a statute and a rule, and there he tested them,

1 Corinthians 11:19

for there must be factions among you in order that those who are genuine among you may be recognized.

Deuteronomy 33:8

And of Levi he said, "Give to Levi[7] your Thummim, and your Urim to your godly one, whom you tested at Massah, with whom you quarreled at the waters of Meribah;

Deuteronomy 8:2

And you shall remember the whole way that the LORD your God has led you these forty years in the wilderness, that he might humble you, testing you to know what was in your heart, whether you would keep his commandments or not.

Judges 2:22

in order to test Israel by them, whether they will take care to walk in the way of the LORD as their fathers did, or not."

Judges 3:1

Now these are the nations that the LORD left, to test Israel by them, that is, all in Israel who had not experienced all the wars in Canaan.