) "All the inhabitants of Canaan melted ('namogu')" — When

Mekhilta DeRabbi Yishmael Mekhilta Tractate Shirah 9:19

Curated by The Jewish Mythology Team · Published January 1, 2025

(Exodus, Ibid.) "All the inhabitants of Canaan melted ('namogu')": When the inhabitants of Canaan heard that the Holy One Blessed be He had said to Moses (Devarim 20:16-17) "But from the cities of these people … you shall utterly destroy them," they said: These and those (Edom and Moav) feared only for their money and their property, but they are coming against us to destroy us and to inherit our land—whereupon "namogu", "namogu" signifying melting, as in (Ezekiel 21:12) "and every heart will melt", and (Psalms 75:4) "The earth and all its inhabitants will melt" ("namogim"), and (Ezekiel 21:12) "In order to melt ("lamug") the heart."

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