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Does God Commit Genocide in the Old Testament? | Questions You're Asking | Leviticus 18.20-26

Ten Minute Bible Talks Devotional Bible Study

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Ancient War Rhetoric

Listen to these phrases found in that passage. They left no survivors. He totally destroyed all who breathed, just as the lord, the god of isr had commanded. So joshua ten 36 through forty makes it pretty clear that in this particular geographic area, there were no survivors. The apparent discrepancy can be explained by the use of hyperbole, or what people call ancient war rhetoric. But i think there are a couple other things than we can say besides hyperbole. For example, i think we can go back to the point that i made earlier, that genisite is about ethnic cleansing, but that's not what god is calling people to. In the old testament, the ethnic

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