Note 10 — SEVENTH STUDY
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With regard to the destruction of the Ca´naan-ites: 1. Such destruction was the almost universal custom of the ancient world. 2. It was observed by the Ca´naan-ites, who were among the most wicked of ancient peoples. 3. It was necessary if Is´ra-el was to be kept from the corruption of their morals, and upon Is´ra-el´s character depended the world in after ages. 4. As a result of failing to extirpate the Ca´naan-ites a vastly greater number of the Is´ra-el-ites were destroyed during the succeeding centuries.