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== American Tract Society Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_15476" /> == | == American Tract Society Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_15476" /> == | ||
<p> A people descended from Emer, the fourth son of Canaan, [[Genesis]] 10:16 . They first peopled the mountains west of the [[Dead]] sea, near Hebron; but afterwards extended their limits, and took possession of the finest provinces of [[Moab]] and Ammon, on the east between the brooks [[Jabbok]] and Arnon, [[Numbers]] 13:29 21:21-31 [[Joshua]] 5:1 [[Judges]] 11:13 . [[Moses]] took this country from their king, Sihon. The lands which the [[Amorites]] possessed on this side [[Jordan]] were given to the tribe of Judah, and those beyond the Jordan to the tribes of [[Reuben]] and Gad. The name [[Amorite]] is often taken in [[Scripture]] for [[Canaanite]] in general, Genesis 15:16 [[Amos]] 2:9 . [[See]] [[Canaanites]] . </p> <p> [[By]] the expression, "Thy father was an Amorite and thy mother a Hittite." [[Ezekiel]] 16:3 , [[God]] reminds the [[Jews]] that they were naturally no more worthy of divine favor than the worst of the heathen Canaanites. </p> | <p> A people descended from Emer, the fourth son of Canaan, [[Genesis]] 10:16 . They first peopled the mountains west of the [[Dead]] sea, near Hebron; but afterwards extended their limits, and took possession of the finest provinces of [[Moab]] and Ammon, on the east between the brooks [[Jabbok]] and Arnon, [[Numbers]] 13:29 21:21-31 [[Joshua]] 5:1 [[Judges]] 11:13 . [[Moses]] took this country from their king, Sihon. The lands which the [[Amorites]] possessed on this side [[Jordan]] were given to the tribe of Judah, and those beyond the Jordan to the tribes of [[Reuben]] and Gad. The name [[Amorite]] is often taken in [[Scripture]] for [[Canaanite]] in general, Genesis 15:16 [[Amos]] 2:9 . [[See]] [[Canaanites]] . </p> <p> [[By]] the expression, "Thy father was an Amorite and thy mother a Hittite." [[Ezekiel]] 16:3 , [[God]] reminds the [[Jews]] that they were naturally no more worthy of divine favor than the worst of the heathen Canaanites. </p> | ||
