Thematic Bible: The Canaanites
Thematic Bible
the Canaanites » Israel commanded » To destroy all vestiges of their idolatry
The carved thing of their gods ye shall burn in fire: thou shalt not desire the silver and gold upon them and take to thee lest thou shalt be snared by it, for it is an abomination to Jehovah thy God.
But thus shall ye do to them; their altars ye shall destroy, and their pillars ye shall break in pieces, and their statues ye shall cut down, and their carved things ye shall burn in are.
Thou shalt not worship to their gods, and thou shalt not serve them, and thou shalt not do according to their works: for destroying, thou shalt destroy them, and breaking, thou shalt break in pieces their pillars.
the Canaanites » Abraham » Was promised , for inheritance
And Jehovah said to Abram after Lot separated from him, Lift up now thine eyes and see from the place which thou art there to the north and the desert, and the east and the sea. For all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed forever. And I made thy seed as the dust of the earth, that if a man shall be able to reckon up the dust of the earth, thy seed also shall be reckoned up. read more.
Arise to walk in the land according to its length and according to its breadth; for to thee will I give it
Arise to walk in the land according to its length and according to its breadth; for to thee will I give it
And I gave to thee and to thy seed after thee, the land of thy sojournings with all the land of Canaan for an eternal possession; and I was God to them.
In that day Jehovah cut out a covenant with Abram, saying, To thy seed gave I this land from the river of Egypt, to the great river, the river Euphrates:
the Canaanites » Part of left » To chastise israel
And I also said, I will not drive them out from your face; and they were to you for adversaries, and their gods shall be to you for a snare.
And if ye shall not drive out those dwelling in the land from before you, and it shall be whom ye shall leave from them for thorns in your eyes, and for prickles in your sides; and they pressed you upon the land which ye shall dwell upon it
And Jehovah will sell them into the hand of Jabin, king of Canaan, who reigned in Hazor; and the captain of his army, Sisera; and he will dwell in Harosheth of the nations:
the Canaanites » Israel commanded » Not to fear
When thou shalt say in thy heart, The nations many more than I, how shall I be able to dispossess them?
And Moses will call to Joshua and say to him before the eyes of all Israel, Be strong and be active, for thou shalt go in with this people to the land which Jehovah sware to thy fathers to give to them; and thou shalt cause them to inherit it
the Canaanites » Expelled for wickedness
Thou shalt not say in thy heart in Jehovah thy God's thrusting them out from before thee, saying, For my justice Jehovah brought me forth to possess this land; and for the injustice of these nations Jehovah dispossessed them from before thee.
For every one doing these things is an abomination to Jehovah And on account of these abominations, Jehovah thy God destroys them from thy face.
the Canaanites » Israel commanded » To destroy, without mercy
And Jehovah thy God gave them before thee, and thou didst smite them: exterminating, thou shalt exterminate them; thou shalt not make to them a covenant and thou shalt not show them mercy.
And he gave their kings into thy hand, and destroy thou their name from under the heavens; and a man shall not stand before thee till thy destroying them.
the Canaanites » Had many strong cities
Whither are we going up? our brethren melted our heart, saying, A people great and high above us; cities great and fortified to the heavens; and also, the sons of the Anakims, we saw there.
Only that the people are strong dwelling upon the land, and the cities fortified, and very great: and also we saw the children of Anak there.
the Canaanites » Israel commanded » Not to follow idols of
The carved thing of their gods ye shall burn in fire: thou shalt not desire the silver and gold upon them and take to thee lest thou shalt be snared by it, for it is an abomination to Jehovah thy God.
Thou shalt not worship to their gods, and thou shalt not serve them, and thou shalt not do according to their works: for destroying, thou shalt destroy them, and breaking, thou shalt break in pieces their pillars.
the Canaanites » Described as » Great and mighty
When Jehovah thy God shall bring thee to the, land where thou goest there to possess it, and he cast out many nations from before thee, the Hittite and the Girgashite and the Amorite and the Canaanite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite and the Jebusite, seven nations many and strong above thee;
Only that the people are strong dwelling upon the land, and the cities fortified, and very great: and also we saw the children of Anak there.
the Canaanites » Israel commanded » Not to intermarry with
Thou shall not marry with them; thy daughters thou shalt not give to his son, and his daughter thou shalt not take to thy son.
For if turning back, ye shall turn back and cleave to the remainder of these nations, these being left with you, and marry with them, and go in to them, and they in to you,
the Canaanites » Israel commanded » To make no league with
And Jehovah thy God gave them before thee, and thou didst smite them: exterminating, thou shalt exterminate them; thou shalt not make to them a covenant and thou shalt not show them mercy.
And ye shall not cut out a covenant to the inhabitants of this land.; their altars ye shall break down: and ye heard not to my voice: why did ye this?
the Canaanites » Kind to the patriarchs
And he having escaped, will come and declare to Abram, the Hebrew; and he dwelt by the oaks of Mamra, the Amorite, the brother of Eshcol, and the brother of Aner: and these having a covenant with Abram.
Hear us, lord; thou a prince of God in the midst of us: in the choice of our graves, bury thy dead; a man of us shall not withhold from thee his grave from burying thy dead.
the Canaanites » Abraham » Had his faith tried by dwelling amongst
And Abram shall pass over the land to the place Sichem, to the erect oak tree. And the Canaanite then in the land.
And there shall be a strife between the shepherds of Abram's cattle, and between the shepherds of Lot's cattle; and the Canaanite and the Perizzite then dwelt in the land.
the Canaanites » Country of, fertile
And saying, I will bring you up from the affliction of Egypt, to the land of the Canaanites, and the Hittites and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites and the Jebusites, to a land flowing with milk and honey.
And they will recount to him, and will say, We came to the land where thou sentest us, and also it flowed with milk and honey; and this its fruit
the Canaanites » Part of left » To try israel
I also will not add to drive out a man from their face from the nations which Joshua left, and he died,
These the nations which Jehovah left to try Israel by them, (all which knew not the wars of Canaan; Only for the generations of the sons of Israel to know to teach them war, only who before knew not;) Five princes of Philistines, and all the Canaanites, and the Sidonians, and the Hivite dwelling in mount Lebanon, from mount Baal-Hermon. read more.
And they will be to try Israel by them to know whether they will hear the commands of Jehovah which he commanded their fathers by the hand of Moses.
And they will be to try Israel by them to know whether they will hear the commands of Jehovah which he commanded their fathers by the hand of Moses.
the Canaanites » Some descendants of, in our lord's time
And, behold, a woman, a Canaanite, having come forth from those boundaries, cried out to him, saying, Pity me, Lord, son of David; my daughter is badly possessed with an evil spirit.
And the woman was a Grecian, a Syrophenician by birth; and she entreated him that he would cast the demon out of her daughter.
the Canaanites » Israel ensnared by
And I also said, I will not drive them out from your face; and they were to you for adversaries, and their gods shall be to you for a snare.
And it was in the dying of the judge, they will turn back and be corrupted above their fathers to go after other gods to serve them and to worship to them: they let nothing fall from their deeds and from their hard way.
the Canaanites » Partially subdued by israel
the Canaanites » Described as » Superstitious
When thou comest to the land which Jehovah thy God gave to thee,. thou shalt not learn to do according to the abominations of those nations. There shall not be found in thee him causing his son or his daughter to pass through in fire, divining divinations, practicing magic, and taking omens and a sorcerer, And charming a spell, and asking of a necromancer, and a wizard, and seeking to the dead.
the Canaanites » Israel commanded » Not to follow customs of
And ye watched these my laws, and my judgments, and ye shall not do from all of these abominations, the native and the stranger sojourning in your midst: For all these abominations did the men of the land which were before you, and the land shall be defiled.
the Canaanites » Described as » Idolatrous
And ye shall see their abominations and their rollings, wood and stone, silver and gold, which are with them:)
the Canaanites » Different families of
And Caanan will beget Sidon, his first-born, and Heth, And the Jebusite, and the Amorite, and the Girgasite, And the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite, read more.
And the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite: and afterward the families of the Catiaanites were dispersed.
And the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite: and afterward the families of the Catiaanites were dispersed.
the Canaanites » Extremely numerous
When thou shalt say in thy heart, The nations many more than I, how shall I be able to dispossess them?
the Canaanites » Described as » Profane and wicked
For all these abominations did the men of the land which were before you, and the land shall be defiled.
the Canaanites » Terrified at the approach of israel
Then the chiefs of Edom trembled; the mighty of Moab, trembling, shall take them; all those dwelling in Canaan melted away. Dread shall fall upon them and terror: by the greatness of thine arm they shall be dumb as a stone; till thy people pass over, O Jehovah: till this people pass over, thou didst buy.
the Canaanites » Comprised seven distinct nations
When Jehovah thy God shall bring thee to the, land where thou goest there to possess it, and he cast out many nations from before thee, the Hittite and the Girgashite and the Amorite and the Canaanite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite and the Jebusite, seven nations many and strong above thee;
the Canaanites » An accursed race
And he will say, Cursed be Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be to his brethren. And he will say, Praised Jehovah, God of Shem; Canaan shall be servant to him.
the Canaanites » Abraham » Called to dwell amongst
And Jehovah will say to Abram, Go for thyself from thy land, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, to the land which I will shew thee. And I will make thee into a great nation, and I will bless thee, and I will make thy name great; and thou shalt be blessed. And I will praise them praising thee, and I will curse him cursing thee, and in thee shall all the families of the earth be praised. read more.
And Abram went according to which Jehovah spake to him, and Lot went with him: and Abram the son of . five years and seventy years in his coming out of Haran. And Abram will take Sand his wife, and Lot his brother's son, and all their riches which they acquired, and the souls which they acquired in Haran, and they came forth to go into the land of Canaan; and they shall come into the land of Canaan.
And Abram went according to which Jehovah spake to him, and Lot went with him: and Abram the son of . five years and seventy years in his coming out of Haran. And Abram will take Sand his wife, and Lot his brother's son, and all their riches which they acquired, and the souls which they acquired in Haran, and they came forth to go into the land of Canaan; and they shall come into the land of Canaan.
the Canaanites » Possessions of, how bounded
And the bound of the Canaanite shall be from Sidon in thy coming to Gerar, to Azzah; in thy coming to Sodom and Gomorrah, and Admah, and Zeboim, even to Lasha.
the Canaanites » Descended from ham
Justice » Unsparing » the Canaanites
And Jehovah thy God sire then before thee and destroyed and discomfited them in great consternation till he destroyed them.