Moab, Israel and Judah were three of the small independent West Semitic states to arise around the same time, following the decline of the Canaanite city-states. It may seem surprising that the Israelites and Judahites are now understood by scholars to have been West Semitic (Canaanite) people like the Moabites, but the Moabites never came to be regarded as Jewish. The Bible talks of a common bond between the people of the northern Hebrew kingdom of Israel and the southern kingdom of Judah, but this bond is not evident with the Moabites.
A. H. van Zyl has written: 'The Moabites' -- subject(s): Moabites, Histoire
The Moabites worshiped many gods. Their chief god was Chemosh. Sometimes they offered human sacrifices.
The people of Moab.
Moabites
A:Moab was a West Semitic nation to the east of the River Jordan, in what is now Jordan. The descendants of the Moabites would now live in Jordan.
C'mosh (Judges 10:6).
There is some historical evidence suggesting that the Moabites may have practiced child sacrifice in certain extreme circumstances. Some ancient texts and archaeological findings indicate that this practice was not uncommon among some ancient civilizations, including the Moabites. However, it's important to note that not all Moabites would have participated in or condoned such practices.
I know the canaanites looked like Black Afrikan people as they were a Hamitic people (Canaan was the youngest son of Ham). The Moabites from what I can understand, had tan to yellow skin and slanted eyes (Chinese).
AnswerIf we go back more than two hundred thousand years, we find common ancestors for all humans. Chinese and Moabites are related by descent from the earliest humans in east Africa, just as Hebrews, Arabs, Celts, Australian Aborigines and African Bantus are.
Moabites are a clan of people that lived in the region of Moab (land along eastern shore of the Dead Sea) from the early biblical times that were not recognized as followers of God. They worshiped their own gods. Ruth (the person who followed Naomi) was a member of the clan before she renounced her faith to follow the one true God.
A:Moab, Israel and Judah were three of the small independent West Semitic states to arise around the same time, following the decline of the Canaanite city-states. Moab occupied an area to the east of the Dead Sea, in what is now Jordan. Like the other West Semitic peoples, the Moabites were polytheistic, but their chief god was Chemosh.
The Philistines were idolaters, as were the Ammonites, Moabites, Ishmaelites, Canaanites, Edumeans, Egyptians, and so on. The exception was the Israelites, who believed in One ethical God.