In Hosea 5:8, Bethaven signifies the things of that spiritual truth from the celestial which is Benjamin. (Arcana Coelestia 4592[10])

3683. 'You shall not take a wife from the daughters of Canaan' means that it had not to be joined to affections for falsity and evil. This is clear from the meaning of 'taking a wife' as being brought into association with, or joined to, and from the meaning of 'the daughters of Canaan' as affections for falsity and evil, also dealt with above in 3662.