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1 | Why is killing enimies in the OT okay? | Bible general Archive 1 | jmartin | 49893 | ||
If the Bible tells us that killing is wrong, why do we see God helping Isreal to kill their enimies all through the OT? | ||||||
2 | Why is killing enimies in the OT okay? | Bible general Archive 1 | srbaegon | 49894 | ||
Hello jmartin First, let me say that God never calls killing wrong. God condemns murder and death from negligence or carelessness (Gen 9:6; Exod 20:13). Second, you make an unwarranted assumption that Israel was the aggressor throughout the OT. If you read the accounts, Israel was merely defending itself. God is justified in helping. When this question is asked people are usually thinking of the conquest of Canaan in the book of Joshua and assuming the rest of the OT is identical. The people of Canaan were wicked and idolatrous. God needed to judge them and did so by the hand of Israel. Steve |
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3 | Why is killing enimies in the OT okay? | Bible general Archive 1 | Mandy33319 | 49904 | ||
Concerning the OT killing: it is categorically incorrect that Canaan in the book of Joshua is the only examples of wanton killing and the sanction of said acts. My personal favorite is when the leader vows to God if God would make him victorious, when he came back he would kill the first person he saw. And that just happened to be his daughter.....(and, I know, I'm banned forever from this borderline insanity that permeates studybibleforum.. :) GE 34:13-29 GE 6:11-17, 7:11-24 GE 19:26 GE 38:9 EX 2:12 Moses murders an Egyptian. EX 7:1, 14, 9:14-16, 10:1-2, 11:7 EX 9:22-25 EX 12:29 The Lord kills all the first-born in the land of Egypt. EX 17:13 EX 21:20-21 EX 32:27 EX 32:27-29 LE 26:7-8 LE 26:22 LE 26:29, DT 28:53, JE 19:9, EZ 5:8-10 LE 27:29 Human sacrifice is condoned. (Note: An example is given in JG 11:30-39) NU 11:33. NU 15:32-36 NU 16:27-33 NU 16:35 NU 16:49 NU 21:3 NU 21:6 NU 21:35 NU 25:4 (KJV) NU 25:8 NU 25:9 24,000 people die in a plague from the Lord. NU 31:9 NU 31:17-18 NU 31:31-40 DT 2:33-34 DT 3:6 DT 7:2 DT 20:13-14 DT 20:16 DT 21:10-13 JS 1:1-9, 18. JS 6:21-27 JS 7:19-26 JS 8:22-25 JS 10:10-27 JS 10:28 JS 10:30 JS 10:32-33 JS 10:34-35 JS 10:36-37 JS 10:38-39 JS 10:40 JS 11:6 JS 11:8-15 JS 11:20 JS 11:21-23. JG 1:4 JG 1:6 JG 1:8 JG 1:17. JG 3:29 JG 3:31 JG 4:21 JG 7:19-25 JG 8:15-21 JG 9:5 JG 9:45 JG 9:53-54 JG 11:29-39 JG 14:19 JG 15:15 JG 16:21. JG 16:27-30 JG 18:27 JG 19:22-29 JG 20:43-48 JG 21:10-12 1SA 4:10 1SA 5:6-9 1SA 6:19 1SA 7:7-11 1SA 11:11 1SA 14:31 1SA 15:3, 7-8 1SA 15:33 1SA 18:7 1SA 18:27 1SA 30:17 2SA 2:23 2SA 3:30 2SA 4:7-8 2SA 4:12 2SA 5:25 2SA 6:2-23 2SA 8:1-18 2SA 8:4 2SA 8:5 2SA 8:6, 14 2SA 8:132SA 10:18 2SA 11:14-27 2SA 12:1, 19 2SA 13:1-15 2SA 13:28-29 2SA 18:6 -7 2SA 18:15 2SA 20:10-12 2SA 24:15 1KI 2:24-25 1KI 2:29-34 1KI 2:46 1KI 13:15-24 1KI 20:29-30. 2KI 1:10-12 2KI 2:23-24 2KI 5:272KI 6:18-19 2KI 6:29 2KI 9:24 2KI 9:27 2KI 9:30-372KI 10:7 2KI 10:14 2KI 10:17 " 2KI 10:19-27. 2KI 11:1 2KI 14:5, 7 2KI 15:3-5 2KI 15:16 2KI 19:35 1CH 20:3 (KJV) 2CH 13:17 2CH 21:4 PS 137:9 PS 144:1. IS 13:15 IS 13:18 IS 14:21-22 JE 16:4 LA 4:9-10 EZ 6:12-13 EZ 9:4-6 EZ 20:26 EZ 21:3-4 EZ 23:25, 47 HO 13:16 |
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4 | Why is killing enimies in the OT okay? | Bible general Archive 1 | stjones | 49917 | ||
Greetings, Mandy; First of all, I certainly wouldn't agree that the conquest of Canaan described in Joshua is "wanton killing". I agree that it is an appalling account. Perhaps anticipating that, God explained to Moses: 'After the Lord your God has driven them out before you, do not say to yourself, "The Lord has brought me here to take possession of this land because of my righteousness." No, it is on account of the wickedness of these nations that the Lord is going to drive them out before you. It is not because of your righteousness or your integrity that you are going in to take possession of their land; but on account of the wickedness of these nations, the Lord your God will drive them out before you, to accomplish what he swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. Understand, then, that it is not because of your righteousness that the Lord your God is giving you this good land to possess, for you are a stiff-necked people.' (Deuteronomy 9:4-6) Would you care to cite a specific passage for your favorite story? Who was "the leader"? What were the circumstances? More importantly, who defines "wanton"? You? What is your standard? Is it just killing that you personally disapprove of? Most of us around here consider the Bible to be authoritative, the standard by which we measure our opinions and our ideas. By what do you measure yours? As for "borderline insanity", let me provide two passages that guide me when I think I have a better idea than God: (1) "Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight" (Proverbs 3:5-6) and (2) "For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God." (1 Corinthians 1:18) Peace and grace, Steve aka Indiana Jones |
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5 | Why is killing enimies in the OT okay? | Bible general Archive 1 | Norrie | 49922 | ||
I've heard most of the killing was because these were pagan worshipers and therefore was a lot of sexual immorality, including beastiality and they were disease ridden, thus the killings. | ||||||