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Canaan, The Land Of

(lit. lowland), a name denoting the country west of the Jordan and the Dead Sea, and between those waters and the Mediterranean; given by God to Abraham’s posterity, the children of Israel. (Exodus 6:4; Leviticus 25:38) [Palestina And Palestine]

In the Bible

64

Verses where Canaan, The Land Of is named. Berean Standard Bible (public domain).

  • 1 Chronicles 16:18

    ‘I will give you the land of Canaan as the portion of your inheritance.’

  • Deuteronomy 32:49

    “Go up into the Abarim Range to Mount Nebo, in the land of Moab across from Jericho, and view the land of Canaan, which I am giving to the Israelites as their own possession.

  • Exodus 6:4

    I also established My covenant with them to give them the land of Canaan, the land where they lived as foreigners.

  • Exodus 16:35

    The Israelites ate manna forty years, until they came to a land where they could settle; they ate manna until they reached the border of Canaan.

  • Ezekiel 16:3

    and tell her that this is what the Lord GOD says to Jerusalem: Your origin and your birth were in the land of the Canaanites. Your father was an Amorite and your mother a Hittite.

  • Ezekiel 16:29

    So you extended your promiscuity to Chaldea, the land of merchants—but even with this you were not satisfied!

+58 more verses naming Canaan, The Land Of.

Sources · Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884)

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