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Introduction to Ancient Canaan and the Canaanites
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QrqsAEUfvfg

Did God Really command That All the Canaanites Be Killed?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GxSZXBrxOEY

Let’s Practice…

1. Where was the land of Canaan located?

2. Who was the father of the Canaanites?

3. Who was the greatest deity in Canaanite religion?

4. With which Canaanite deities’ priests did Elijah do battle?

5. Why is the work of Genesis likely addressing the superiority of Yahweh over Yamm?

6. Explain why God is not pleased with us trying to buy His favor.

7. Name an instance of bartering in the biblical stories of the patriarchal period.

8. Why did God command Joshua to totally destroy the Canaanite people?

9. When God commanded to not kill, how can you justify that Joshua was commanded to kill the
inhabitants of the Promised Land when conquering it?

10. What is the difference between murder and killing?

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