RELIGIONS
JUDAISM
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Question
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Explain the connection, according to the Hebrew Bible, between Abraham’s covenant with God and the Israelites’ belief about Canaan.
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According to the Hebrew Bible, God promised to give the land of Canaan to Abraham’s descendants.
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God would provide for the Israelites and their descendants if they obeyed God’s law.
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Their religion provided laws for them to live by according to what was right.
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They conquered those who already lived there. Then they settled on the land.
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -The land promise is key to God’s words to Abraham. God consistently tells Abraham that his descendants would possess the land. At the time, the land was called Canaan and was inhabited by the Canaanites.
Detailed explanation-2: -God asked him to leave the city he knew, leave his family, and go to a land that I will show you. If you do this, I will make you a great nation, I will bless you, and make your name great.
Detailed explanation-3: -In this covenant, God promises to make the Israelites his treasured possession among all people and “a kingdom of priests and a holy nation", if they follow God’s commandments.
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