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Judges 3:4

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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.
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  1. Judges 2:22Rank 1 from verse 4
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    22That through them I may prove Israel, whether they will keep the way of the Lord to walk therein, as their fathers did keep it, or not.

  2. Judges 3:1Rank 2 from verse 4
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    1NOW these are the nations which the Lord left, to prove Israel by them, even as many of Israel as had not known all the wars of Canaan;

  3. 1 Corinthians 11:19Rank 3 from verse 4
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    19For there must be also heresies among you, that they which are approved may be made manifest among you.

  4. Deuteronomy 33:8Rank 4 from verse 4
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    8¶ And of Levi he said, Let thy Thummim and thy Urim be with thy holy one, whom thou didst prove at Massah, and with whom thou didst strive at the waters of Meribah;

  5. Deuteronomy 8:2Rank 5 from verse 4
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    2And thou shalt remember all the way which the Lord thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, and to prove thee, to know what was in thine heart, whether thou wouldest keep his commandments, or no.

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Judges 3:4

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Israel

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The name given to Jacob and, by extension, his descendants, their nation, or the people so called.

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know

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To perceive, understand, recognize, experience, or be assured of something.

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hearken

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1. To listen attentively or give heed. 2. To give regard, consent, or act in response.

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commandments

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Commands, orders, or prescribed requirements issued by one who commands.

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which

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1. An interrogative or relative pronoun identifying one or more persons or things from a stated or implied set. 2. That which; what.

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hand

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Sense 1: The part of the body at the end of the arm. Sense 2: Figuratively, power, possession, aid, or agency.

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3Namely, five lords of the Philistines, and all the Canaanites, and the Sidonians, and the Hivites that dwelt in mount Lebanon, from mount Baal-hermon unto the entering in of Hamath.

4And 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.

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5¶ And the children of Israel dwelt among the Canaanites, Hittites, and Amorites, and Perizzites, and Hivites, and Jebusites:

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