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Judges 3:2

Israel

1 Now 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;

Only that the generations of the children of Israel might know, to teach them war, at the least such as before knew nothing thereof;

3 Namely, 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.

4 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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BSB
if only to teach warfare to the subsequent generations of Israel, especially to those who had not known it formerly:
KJV
Only that the generations of the children of Israel might know, to teach them war, at the least such as before knew nothing thereof;
WEB
only that the generations of the children of Israel might know, to teach them war, at least those who knew nothing of it before:
ASV
only that the generations of the children of Israel might know, to teach them war, at the least such as beforetime knew nothing thereof:
DARBY
only that the generations of the children of Israel might know war by learning it, at the least those who before had known nothing thereof:
BLB
only so that the generations of the sons of Israel might be taught to know war, only those who formerly had not known it:
ÅB
bare for at de kommende slekter i Israel skulle få kjennskap til, og bli opplært i krig, alle de som ikke før hadde vært med:
OTB
Dette ble gjort for å lære krigføring til de generasjonene av israelittene som ikke tidligere hadde opplevd det.
B1930
bare forat de kommende slekter i Israel skulde få kjennskap til krig og bli oplært deri, alle de som ikke før hadde vært med:

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