Judges 3:4

Tree of Life Version

They were for testing Israel, to know whether they would obey the mitzvot of Adonai, which He had commanded their fathers by Moses’ hand.

Cross References

Exodus 15:25

So he cried out to Adonai, and Adonai showed him a tree. When he threw it into the waters, they were made sweet. There He made a statute and an ordinance for them, and there He tested them.

1 Corinthians 11:19

for there must be factions among you, so that those among you who are tried and true may be evident.

Deuteronomy 33:8

For Levi he said, ‘Let Your Thummim and Urim be with Your pious man. You tested him at Massah, You strived with him at the waters of Meribah.’

Deuteronomy 8:2

You are to remember all the way that Adonai your God has led you these 40 years in the wilderness—in order to humble you, to test you, to know what was in your heart, whether you would keep His mitzvot or not.

Judges 2:22

in order to test Israel by them, whether or not they will keep the way of Adonai to walk in it as their fathers did.”

Judges 3:1

Now these are the nations that Adonai left, to test all Israel who had not experienced any of the wars of Canaan.