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” He adds: “The whole area proved to be a cemetery for new-born babes. . . Bible historian Henry H. Halley notes that archaeologists excavating the area “found great numbers of jars containing the remains of children who had been sacrificed to Baal. Immorality, pagan worship, and child sacrifice were widespread in Canaan. In case you should serve their gods, it would become a snare to you.” ( Exodus 23:33) The prophet Moses later told Israel: “It is for the wickedness of these nations that Jehovah your God is driving them away.” ( Deuteronomy 9:5) Just how wicked were those nations? Why did God not allow the Canaanites to coexist with the Israelites? “They should not dwell in your land,” God warned regarding the Canaanites, “that they may not cause you to sin against me. But surely, as the Sovereign of the universe, God has the ultimate right to determine who will live where.- Acts 17:26 1 Corinthians 10:26.Ģ. Of course, some might protest that the Canaanites already lived there and therefore had a right to the land. ( Genesis 15:18) God kept that promise when he caused the nation of Israel, which descended from Abraham, to occupy the region. How so? Some 400 years earlier, God had promised the faithful man Abraham that his descendants would possess the land of Canaan. Why were the Canaanites displaced? The Canaanites were, in a sense, squatters in a land that did not belong to them. If you could discuss this subject with God, what would you ask him? Consider five common questions and the Bible’s answers.ġ.
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* ( Isaiah 2:4 2 Corinthians 13:11) To them, these instructions seem morally inconsistent. “Be peaceable with all men.”- ROMANS 12:18.ĭO THOSE Bible verses seem contradictory to you? Many struggle to reconcile God’s command to destroy the Canaanites with the Bible’s admonition to be peaceable. “Completely destroy all the people: the Hittites, the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites, as the LORD ordered you to do.”- DEUTERONOMY 20:17, TODAY’S ENGLISH VERSION. Why Did God Wage War Against the Canaanites?