TSK · Judges 2:22

The Sacrifice of Isaac Some time after these things God tested Abraham. He said to him,“Abraham!”“Here I am!” Abraham replied.

Remember the whole way by which he has brought you these forty years through the wilderness so that he might, by humbling you, test you to see if you have it within you to keep his commandments or not.

You must not listen to the words of that prophet or dreamer, for the LORD your God will be testing you to see if you love him with all your mind and being.

They were left to test Israel, so the LORD would know if his people would obey the commands he gave their ancestors through Moses.

But he knows the pathway that I take; if he tested me, I would come forth like gold.

The crucible is for refining silver and the furnace is for gold, likewise the LORD tests hearts.