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Saying, "To you I will give the land of Canaan As the portion of your inheritance,"

And shed innocent blood, The blood of their sons and their daughters Whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan; And the land was defiled with the blood.

Sihon, king of the Amorites, Og, king of Bashan, And all the kingdoms of Canaan;

On that day five cities in the land of Egypt will be speaking the language of Canaan and swearing allegiance to the LORD of armies; one will be called the City of Destruction.

He has stretched His hand out over the sea, He has made the kingdoms tremble; The LORD has given a command concerning Canaan to demolish its strongholds.

"Wail, you inhabitants of the Mortar, Because all the people of Canaan will be destroyed; All who weigh out silver will be eliminated.

Woe to the inhabitants of the seacoast, The nation of the Cherethites! The word of the LORD is against you, Canaan, land of the Philistines; And I will eliminate you So that there will be no inhabitant.

"Now a famine came over all Egypt and Canaan, and great affliction with it, and our fathers could find no food.

"When He had destroyed seven nations in the land of Canaan, He distributed their land as an inheritance—all of which took about 450 years.