...men, women, and children, of every city. And again, in Chapter 20, God ordains a further holocaust: Thou shalt save alive nothing that breatheth. But thou shalt utterly destroy them; namely, the Hittites, and the Amort tes, the Canaanites, and the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites;...

...inhabitants of the land, and dwell therein: for I have given you the land to possess it. Numbers 33: 53 But of the cities of these people, which the Lord thy God does give you for an inheritance, you shall save nothing that breathes: But you shall utterly destroy...

...in store for those tribes unfortunate enough to be already in residence in the promised Lebensraum: 'But of the cities of these people, which the Lord...that breatheth: But thou shalt utterly destroy them; namely, the Hittites, and the Amorites, the Canaanites, and the Perizzites, the Hivites and the Jebusites;...

...them. This is the reason for the much-debated command to destroy "all that breathes." (v!6) Deu 20:16 But of the cities of these people, which the LORD thy God doth give thee for an inheritance, thou shaft save alive nothing that breatheth 17 But thou shall utterly destroy them; namely, the Hittites,...

...breathe?" Would you consider this moral? Or depraved? Another example of the same edict is found here: But of the cities of these people, which the Lord...that breatheth: But thou shalt utterly destroy them; namely the Hittites and the Amorites, the Canaanites, and the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites;...

...the Israelites. Now, let us see how they were to treat the inhabitants of the cities near to them : " But of the cities of these people which the Lord "...that breatheth. But thou " shalt utterly destroy them ; namely, the Hittites, " and the Amorites.the Canaanites, and the Perizzites, " the Hivites and the...

...unto all the cities which are very far off from thee, which are not of the cities of these nations. But of the cities of these people which the Lord thy...inheritance, thou shalt save alive nothing that breatheth." These terrible instructions were given to an army of invasion. The men who were thus ruthlessly murdered...

...unto all the cities which are very far off from thee, which are not of the cities of these nations. But of the cities of these people which the Lord thy...an inheritance, thou shalt save alive nothing that breathethr Is it possible for man to conceive of anything more perfectly infamous? Can you believe...

...land flowing with milk and honey" (Exodus 3:8), the book of Deuteronomy added: "Of the cities . . . which the Lord thy God doth give thee for an inheritance, thou shalt save alive nothing that breatheth" (20:16). The book of Joshua (6-10) describes Israelite massacres of the entire populations of seven...

...genocidal behavior toward the indigenous peoples living in the lands that Yahweh promised the Hebrews. But of the cities of these people, which the Lord...that breatheth: but thou shalt utterly destroy them; namely, the Hittites, and the Amorites, the Canaanites, and the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites;...