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he left them only that the generations of the sons of Israel might know, and to teach them war, only for those that had known nothing before:

namely, five cardinals of the Philistines and all the Canaanites and the Sidonians and the Hivites that dwelt in Mount Lebanon, from Mount Baalhermon unto the entering in of Hamath.

These, therefore, were left to prove Israel by them, to know whether they would hearken unto the commandments of the LORD, which he had commanded their fathers by the hand of Moses.

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(he did this only to teach warfare to the descendants of the Israelites who had not had previous battle experience): the five(A) rulers of the Philistines,(B) all the Canaanites, the Sidonians, and the Hivites(C) living in the Lebanon mountains from Mount Baal Hermon(D) to Lebo Hamath.(E) They were left to test(F) the Israelites to see whether they would obey the Lord’s commands, which he had given their ancestors through Moses.

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