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The original inhabitants of the Promised Land — and their religion was a constant snare for Israel
A general term for the peoples living in Canaan before Israel's arrival. Their religion included Baal and Asherah worship, sacred prostitution, and sometimes child sacrifice. God commanded Israel to drive them out and not adopt their practices — but Israel repeatedly failed at both. The Canaanite woman in Matthew 15 who asked Jesus for help showed remarkable faith, and Jesus honored it.