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Deuteronomy 20

16 Howbeit of the cities of these peoples, that the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance, thou shalt save alive nothing that breatheth,17 but thou shalt utterly destroy them: the Hittite, and the Amorite, the Canaanite, and the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite; as the LORD thy God hath commanded thee;18 that they teach you not to do after all their abominations, which they have done unto their gods, and so ye sin against the LORD your God. What should we call this?

David Ainsworth ● 23d9 Comments

Well, apparently Deuteronomy is/was written by God via Moses, although there is some modern disagreement. But, to be fair, Moses must have been pretty smart.

David Ainsworth ● 20d

Thank God I am not a Hittite, Amorite, Canaanite, Perizzite,  Hivite, nor Jebusite for I would certainly be scared walking in Golders Green !

John Hawkes ● 20d

Generally most quotes from the bible are the ramblings of a fool, finally something we can agree on!

Michael Brigo ● 20d

People may not realize that:-"Deuteronomy ... is the fifth book of the Torah (in Judaism), where it is called Devarim: ... Dəḇārīm, lit. '[the] words [of Moses]') and the fifth book of the Hebrew Bible and Christian Old Testament." (Wikipedia)So it has some relevance.

David Ainsworth ● 20d

'What should we call this?'The ramblings of a fool ?

John Hawkes ● 22d

Maybe recent events in Gaza were inspired more by 1 Samuel 15:3:‘Now go and attack the Amalekites and completely destroy everything they have. Do not spare them. Kill men and women, infants and nursing babies, oxen and sheep, camels and donkeys.’  I think Netanyahu actually made a reference to Amalekites back in November 2023.

Peter Evans ● 22d

So you will have missed this:-Deuteronomy 30:3-5King James Version3 That then the Lord thy God will turn thy captivity, and have compassion upon thee, and will return and gather thee from all the nations, whither the Lord thy God hath scattered thee.4 If any of thine be driven out unto the outmost parts of heaven, from thence will the Lord thy God gather thee, and from thence will he fetch thee:5 And the Lord thy God will bring thee into the land which thy fathers possessed, and thou shalt possess it; and he will do thee good, and multiply thee above thy fathers.

David Ainsworth ● 22d

Possibly a record of some historical events but embellished by the bias, prejudices and imagination of the authors? For example, the walls of Jerico may have been felled by an earthquake but more an event driven by the science of tectonic plate movements and only an "act of god" in the legalise of insurance brokers?

Michael Ixer ● 22d

A passage from the best selling work of fiction ever produced.Like the Harry Potter books not one I have bothered to read.

Andy Pike ● 22d