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They were for atesting Israel, to find out if they would obey the commandments of the Lord, which He had commanded their fathers through Moses.
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Deuteronomy 8:2
Deuteronomy 8
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"aYou shall remember all the way which the Lord your God has bled you in the wilderness these forty years, that He might humble you, ctesting you, to know what was in your heart, whether you would keep His commandments or not.