And they were 'left', to prove Israel by them, to know whether they would hearken unto the commandments of Jehovah, which he commanded their fathers by Moses.
And he lefte hem, þat in hem he schulde asaie Israel, whethir þei wolden here þe heestis of þe Lord, whiche he comaundide to her fadris bi þe hond of Moises, ethir nai.