Albert Barnes Commentary Exodus 13:5

Albert Barnes Commentary

Exodus 13:5

1798–1870
Presbyterian
Albert Barnes
Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes Commentary

Exodus 13:5

1798–1870
Presbyterian
SCRIPTURE

"And it shall be, when Jehovah shall bring thee into the land of the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Amorite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite, which he sware unto thy fathers to give thee, a land flowing with milk and honey, that thou shalt keep this service in this month." — Exodus 13:5 (ASV)

The Canaanites - Five nations only are named in this passage, whereas six are named in (Exodus 3:8), and ten in the original promise to Abraham (Genesis 15:19–21). The first word “Canaanite” is generic, and includes all the Hamite races of Palestine.