"Canaan" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... the last word he said Was, "I'm going back South; they're a-gaining." If he wants to save his soul, he had better keep his hole, Or we'll land him in the happy land of Canaan. ...
— A Syllabus of Kentucky Folk-Songs • Hubert G. Shearin
... of the religious doctrines of the Jews is contained in the five books of Moses, their great lawgiver, who was raised up to deliver them from their bondage in Egypt, and to conduct them to the possession of Canaan, the promised land. ...
— The Book of Religions • John Hayward
... verses preceding this prophecy in the same chapter, (Deut. xviii. 9—14) tells the Israelites from God, that "when they came into Canaan, they should not learn to do after, the abominations of the people thereof; and, particularly, that there should not be found among them any one that useth divination, or an observer of times, &c., or a consulter with familiar spirits, &c. For all, says he, "that ...
— The Grounds of Christianity Examined by Comparing The New Testament with the Old • George Bethune English
... ensued, as if some one were taking a practical hand in that work. The heavenly ferryman was thereupon besought with vigor to land her safe on Canaan's side, and ...
— Aurora the Magnificent • Gertrude Hall
... appear. Their death was followed by disgrace, for their bodies lay unburied for many years on the battlefield near Gath, and the purpose of God in directing the Israelites to choose the longer route from Egypt to Canaan, was to spare them the sight of those dishonored corpses. Their courage might have deserted them, and out of apprehension of sharing the fate of their brethren they might have hastened back to the land of ...
— THE LEGENDS OF THE JEWS VOLUME III BIBLE TIMES AND CHARACTERS - FROM THE EXODUS TO THE DEATH OF MOSES • BY LOUIS GINZBERG
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