October, Dictionary of the Bible.

Ca’naan (land of) was the ancient name of Palestine west of the Jordan (Gen. 13:1212Abram dwelled in the land of Canaan, and Lot dwelled in the cities of the plain, and pitched his tent toward Sodom. (Genesis 13:12); Num. 33:5151Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye are passed over Jordan into the land of Canaan; (Numbers 33:51)). Eastward of the Jordan the country was called Gilead in a general way. It was in Gilead that the tribes of Reuben and Gad, and the half tribe of Manasseh, chose to dwell, and where they were the first to feel the power of the enemy (2 Kings 15:2929In the days of Pekah king of Israel came Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria, and took Ijon, and Abel-beth-maachah, and Janoah, and Kedesh, and Hazor, and Gilead, and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali, and carried them captive to Assyria. (2 Kings 15:29)). Phoenicia and Philistia were included in the general name of Canaan, and this name is found on Phoenician coins (see PALESTINE).
Ca’naanites, the descendants of Canaan, from whom the land took its name. These people were divided into several nations, such as the Hivites, Jebusites, Perizzites, Canaanites, Amorites, Girgashites, and Hittites (Josh. 24). They were remarkable for their wickedness, even as early as the days of Abraham, under the general name of Amorites (Gen. 15:1616But in the fourth generation they shall come hither again: for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full. (Genesis 15:16); 1 Kings 21:2626And he did very abominably in following idols, according to all things as did the Amorites, whom the Lord cast out before the children of Israel. (1 Kings 21:26)). But God bore with them for nearly 500 years, until at last their iniquity was full. Every kind of wickedness was openly practiced by them, and at last the Lord commanded the children of Israel to destroy and drive them out of the land. This was partially accomplished under Joshua; but it was not until David’s reign that they were completely subdued, and the land possessed as far eastward as the Euphrates according to the promise of the Lord (Deut. 1:7, 87Turn you, and take your journey, and go to the mount of the Amorites, and unto all the places nigh thereunto, in the plain, in the hills, and in the vale, and in the south, and by the sea side, to the land of the Canaanites, and unto Lebanon, unto the great river, the river Euphrates. 8Behold, I have set the land before you: go in and possess the land which the Lord sware unto your fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, to give unto them and to their seed after them. (Deuteronomy 1:7‑8); 2 Sam. 10:1919And when all the kings that were servants to Hadarezer saw that they were smitten before Israel, they made peace with Israel, and served them. So the Syrians feared to help the children of Ammon any more. (2 Samuel 10:19)). In the reign of Solomon, the broken remnants of these nations were put under a tribute of bond-service to Israel (1 Kings 9:20, 2120And all the people that were left of the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, which were not of the children of Israel, 21Their children that were left after them in the land, whom the children of Israel also were not able utterly to destroy, upon those did Solomon levy a tribute of bondservice unto this day. (1 Kings 9:20‑21)). It is said by Procopias that there were in Numidia, at Tingis, two columns bearing the following inscription in. Phoenician characters, “We are those who fled from the face of Joshua, the robber, the son of Naue.”
Canda’ce, queen of the Ethiopians, whose treasurer was converted by the preaching of Philip the Evangelist (Acts 8). She was queen of a region in upper Nubia, called Moroe by the Greeks, and supposed to be the province now called Atbara. It was long the Center of commerce between Africa and the south of Asia, and became one of the richest countries on earth. The “merchandise of Ethiopia” was celebrated in ancient times (Isa. 45:1414Thus saith the Lord, The labor of Egypt, and merchandise of Ethiopia and of the Sabeans, men of stature, shall come over unto thee, and they shall be thine: they shall come after thee; in chains they shall come over, and they shall fall down unto thee, they shall make supplication unto thee, saying, Surely God is in thee; and there is none else, there is no God. (Isaiah 45:14)). Both before and after the period at which Philip lived, Ethiopia was under female rule, the queens being called Candace, which was rather a title than a name, as with the Pharaohs of Egypt. Tradition says that Candace herself was afterwards converted by the eunuch, and that he also preached the Gospel throughout her kingdom. He is likewise called the apostle of Tagré, which was that part of Abyssinia that lay nearest to Meroe, and it is said that he extended his preaching afterward to Arabia Felix and the island of Ceylon, where he was martyred.
Candlestick. — The candlestick in the tabernacle was “all of it one beaten work of pure gold.” It consisted of a shaft (which is called “the candlestick”) with three branches on each side, each branch having three bowls like unto almonds, with a knop and a flower and in the candlestick (or shaft) were four bowls made like unto almonds with their knops and their flowers, while under each pair of branches there was a knop. To this candlestick and its branches there were seven golden lamps with tongs and snuff-dishes; the whole, including the vessels, being made out of one talent of pure gold, according to the pattern shown to Moses on the mount (Ex. 25:31-40, 37:17-24). The lamps were supplied, and the light continually maintained, with “pure olive oil beaten for the light” (Lev. 24:1-41And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 2Command the children of Israel, that they bring unto thee pure oil olive beaten for the light, to cause the lamps to burn continually. 3Without the vail of the testimony, in the tabernacle of the congregation, shall Aaron order it from the evening unto the morning before the Lord continually: it shall be a statute for ever in your generations. 4He shall order the lamps upon the pure candlestick before the Lord continually. (Leviticus 24:1‑4)). The lamps were expressly said to give their light “over against the face of” the candlestick (see Exodus 25:37,37And thou shalt make the seven lamps thereof: and they shall light the lamps thereof, that they may give light over against it. (Exodus 25:37) margin; Numbers 8:33And Aaron did so; he lighted the lamps thereof over against the candlestick, as the Lord commanded Moses. (Numbers 8:3); comp. John 16:1414He shall glorify me: for he shall receive of mine, and shall show it unto you. (John 16:14)), from which it would seem that the shaft or middle stem, which was expressly called the candlestick, was higher than the branches (Col. 1:1818And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence. (Colossians 1:18)). As there were no windows in the tabernacle, the light of the sun was shut out, and the priests ministered within by the light given from the candlestick by the olive oil, and not by the light of nature, or of this world (1 Cor. 2:1212Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God. (1 Corinthians 2:12); John 4:2323But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him. (John 4:23); Rom. 8:1515For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father. (Romans 8:15); Gal. 4:66And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father. (Galatians 4:6); Eph. 6:1818Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints; (Ephesians 6:18); Phil. 3:33For we are the circumcision, which worship God in the spirit, and rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh. (Philippians 3:3)). And it was only in the light shed from the Candlestick (Acts 2:3333Therefore being by the right hand of God exalted, and having received of the Father the promise of the Holy Ghost, he hath shed forth this, which ye now see and hear. (Acts 2:33)) that they could see the golden table with its “continual bread” (Num. 4:77And upon the table of showbread they shall spread a cloth of blue, and put thereon the dishes, and the spoons, and the bowls, and covers to cover withal: and the continual bread shall be thereon: (Numbers 4:7); Ex. 25:23-3023Thou shalt also make a table of shittim wood: two cubits shall be the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof. 24And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, and make thereto a crown of gold round about. 25And thou shalt make unto it a border of an hand breadth round about, and thou shalt make a golden crown to the border thereof round about. 26And thou shalt make for it four rings of gold, and put the rings in the four corners that are on the four feet thereof. 27Over against the border shall the rings be for places of the staves to bear the table. 28And thou shalt make the staves of shittim wood, and overlay them with gold, that the table may be borne with them. 29And thou shalt make the dishes thereof, and spoons thereof, and covers thereof, and bowls thereof, to cover withal: of pure gold shalt thou make them. 30And thou shalt set upon the table showbread before me alway. (Exodus 25:23‑30); John 6:3535And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst. (John 6:35)), or the beautiful colors of the inner curtains of the tabernacle, never seen without (Song of Sol. 5:9-139What is thy beloved more than another beloved, O thou fairest among women? what is thy beloved more than another beloved, that thou dost so charge us? 10My beloved is white and ruddy, the chiefest among ten thousand. 11His head is as the most fine gold, his locks are bushy, and black as a raven. 12His eyes are as the eyes of doves by the rivers of waters, washed with milk, and fitly set. 13His cheeks are as a bed of spices, as sweet flowers: his lips like lilies, dropping sweet smelling myrrh. (Song of Solomon 5:9‑13); John 10:1414I am the good shepherd, and know my sheep, and am known of mine. (John 10:14); 1 Cor. 2:1010But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God. (1 Corinthians 2:10)).
Christ is “the Light,” and they that believe in Him are “the children of light” (John 1:9, 12:36; comp. Phil. 2:15,1615That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world; 16Holding forth the word of life; that I may rejoice in the day of Christ, that I have not run in vain, neither labored in vain. (Philippians 2:15‑16); Eph. 5:88For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light: (Ephesians 5:8); Rev. 1:1212And I turned to see the voice that spake with me. And being turned, I saw seven golden candlesticks; (Revelation 1:12)). And in the “Father’s house” He will still be the Light of the glory (Rev. 21:2323And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof. (Revelation 21:23)), when lie and “the children which God hath given” Him (Heb. 2:1313And again, I will put my trust in him. And again, Behold I and the children which God hath given me. (Hebrews 2:13)) are manifested ONE (John 17:22, 2322And the glory which thou gavest me I have given them; that they may be one, even as we are one: 23I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one; and that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them, as thou hast loved me. (John 17:22‑23)), and the Glory throws its luster on Israel (Isa. 4:5,5And the Lord will create upon every dwelling place of mount Zion, and upon her assemblies, a cloud and smoke by day, and the shining of a flaming fire by night: for upon all the glory shall be a defence. (Isaiah 4:5) main, 60:1, 2, 40:5) as the Candlestick did on the twelve loaves in the tabernacle; and going even beyond Israel, so that “the nations of them that are saved shall walk in the light of it” ‘(Rev. 21:2424And the nations of them which are saved shall walk in the light of it: and the kings of the earth do bring their glory and honor into it. (Revelation 21:24)), its radiance shall enlighten the whole “breadth and length and depth and height” of that wondrous sphere which grace shall fill through the obedience and “love of Christ.”
The candlestick carried away by the Romans after the destruction of the temple, and represented on the arch of Titus, is not to be relied on as exactly like that made under the direction of Moses, though it gives some idea of its form. In it the Center shaft or candlestick is level with the branches, so that they could not throw their light “over against the face of it.” This trophy of Rome’s victory over God’s people was afterward seized by Genseric (A.D. 455), when Rome in her turn was pillaged by him. It was taken to Africa, and then, nearly a hundred years afterward (A.D. 533), was recaptured from the Vandals by Belisarius, carried to Constantinople and thence sent to Jerusalem. Since that time it has entirely disappeared, Israel is left without her light, and in “gross darkness” till He shall come in glory.