2(only for the sake of the generations of the sons of Israel's knowing, to teach them war, only those who formerly have not known them) —
2(only for the sake of the generations of the sons of Israel's knowing, to teach them war, only those who formerly have not known them) —
1 And these are the nations which Jehovah left, to try Israel by them, all who have not known all the wars of Canaan;
2 (only for the sake of the generations of the sons of Israel's knowing, to teach them war, only those who formerly have not known them) —
3 five princes of the Philistines, and all the Canaanite, and the Zidonian, and the Hivite inhabiting mount Lebanon, from mount Baal-Hermon unto the entering in of Hamath;
4 and they are to prove Israel by them, to know whether they obey the commands of Jehovah that He commanded their fathers by the hand of Moses.
3:2(he did this only to teach warfare to the descendants of the Israelites who had not had previous battle experience):
3:2Only that the generations of the children of Israel might know, to teach them war, at the least such as before knew nothing thereof;
3:2That afterwards their children might learn to fight with their enemies, and to be trained up to war:
3:2only that the generations of the children of Israel might know, to teach them war, at the least such as beforetime knew nothing thereof:
3:2it was only that the generations of the people of Israel might know war, that he might teach war to such at least as had not known it before.
3:2only that the generations of the children of Israel might know, to teach them war, at the least such as beforetime knew nothing thereof;
3:2Only that the generations of the children of Israel might know to teach them war, at the least such as before knew nothing of it;)
3:2only that the generations of the children of Israel might know, to teach them war, at the least such as before knew nothing of it:
3:2Only that the generations of the children of Israel might know, to teach them war, at the least such as before knew nothing thereof;