Does The Bible Explain The Barbaric Nature Of Israelis Today?

Question

(Joshua 6:20-21)

Joshua son of Nun wished to enter Palestine with his people. So he encamped around the city of Jericho and commanded the people to blow their horns. "As soon as the people heard the sound of the trumpet, the people raised a great shout, and the wall fell down flat, so that the people went up into the city, every man straight before him, and they took the city. Then they utterly destroyed all in the city, both men and women, young and old, oxen, sheep, and asses, with the edge of the sword "


"They warred against Midian, as YAHWEH commanded Moses, and killed every male. They killed the kings of Midian ... And the people of Israel took captive the women of Midian and their little ones; and they took as booty all their cattle, their flocks, and all their goods. All their cities in the places where they dwelt, and all their encampments, they burned with fire." (Numbers 31:7)

"Moses was enraged with the officers of the army ... ‘So you spared the women! ... Kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman who has had sexual intercourse with a man, but keep the virgins for yourselves ... divide them up evenly.'" (Numbers 31:15)

"And Joshua mowed down Amalek and his people with the edge of the sword. And YAHWEH said to Moses, 'Write this as a memorial in a book and recite it in the ears of Joshua, that I will utterly blot out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven. A hand upon the banner of YAHWEH! YAHWEH will be at war with Amalek for all generations.'" (Exodus 17:13)

"Thus says YAHWEH of hosts, 'I will punish what Amalek did to Israel in opposing them on the way, when they came up out of Egypt. Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have; do not spare them, but kill both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ***.'" And Saul came to the city of Amalek, and lay in wait in the valley.

And Saul defeated the Amalekites ... and utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword ... And Saul said to Samuel, "I have obeyed the voice of YAHWEH, I have gone on the mission on which YAHWEH sent me, I have brought Agag the king of Amalek , and I have utterly destroyed the Amalekites." (1 Samuel 15:2, 20)

"Now David and his men went up, and made raids upon the Geshurites, the Girzites, and the Amalekites ... And David smote the land, and left neither man nor woman alive, but took away the sheep, the oxen, the asses, the camels, and the garments, and came back to Achish ... And David saved neither man nor woman alive, to bring tidings to Gath, thinking, "Lest they should tell about us, and say, 'So David has done.'" Such was his custom all the while he dwelt in the country of the Philistines." (1 Samuel 27:8)

"For YAHWEH’S indignation is against all the nations, And His wrath against all their armies; He has utterly destroyed them, He has given them over to slaughter." (Isaiah 34:2)

"The people of Israel did what was evil in the sight of YAHWEH; and YAHWEH gave them into the hands of the Midianites seven years ... because of the Midianites the people of Israel hid in caves and holes in the ground." (Judges 6:1)
Genesis 35:5
The terror of God was upon the cities that were round about them.

Exodus 23:27
I will send my fear before thee.

Deuteronomy 2:25
This day will I begin to put the dread of thee and the fear of thee upon the nations that are under the whole heaven, who shall hear report of thee, and shall tremble, and be in anguish because of thee.

Deuteronomy 4:34
... by war, and by a mighty hand, and by a stretched out arm, and by great terrors....

Judges 16:27-30
Now the house was full of men and women ... about three thousand men and women.... And Samson called unto the LORD, and said ... strengthen me ... that I may be at once avenged of the Philistines.... And Samson took hold of the two middle pillars upon which the house stood..... And Samson said, Let me die with the Philistines. And he bowed himself with all his might; and the house fell upon the lords, and upon all the people that were therein. So the dead which he slew at his death were more than they which he slew in his life.

Luke 19:27 bring those that would not have me reign over them and slay them before me

As you approach a town to attack it, first offer its people terms for peace. If they accept your terms and open the gates to you, then all the people inside will serve you in forced labor. But if they refuse to make peace and prepare to fight, you must attack the town. When the LORD your God hands it over to you, kill every man in the town. But you may ....

But you may keep for yourselves all the women, children, livestock, and other plunder. You may enjoy the spoils of your enemies that the LORD your God has given you

Deuteronomy 20:10-14

1 Samuel 15:2-4
Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not; but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ***.
Numbers 31:17-18 "Now kill all the boys [innocent kids]. And kill every woman who has slept with a man, but save for yourselves every girl who has never slept with a man."
Numbers 31:35-40 "[From the captives of war] 32,000 women who had never slept with a man.......of which the tribute for the LORD was 32 [among them were virgin girls]."

http://www.jewwatch.com/

Answer 1

the Talmud explains it better

Answer 2

I am not Jewish but it seems to me that the Jews are content to live and let live. But every now and then Hezbolla sends some people on an incursion into Israel and does some suicide bombing or something like that. Then in retaliation the Jews show no mercy which they have been forced to do and the Hezbolla starts whining about why do they do this to us. All we have done is kill a few Jews, can't they take a joke. Well it seems like the joke is on them what with their loses of life and their cities smeared all over the landscape. Why can't those people leave the Jews alone?

Answer 3

yup that is y jesus came and saved the ones who should be saved. Also the men in the bible u mentioned are just men so of course they made mistakes. The bible shows u how the kind hearted people cnverted to christianity while the cold people satyaed as jews. Anyway the jews killed jesus because they thought he was taking away there followers.

Answer 4

i was told that in one of the bible proficies it says a country will make a peace treaty with Israel for 7 years but after 3 1/2 years that country will reneigh on this peace treaty and this will be the causing of world war III

Answer 5

I don't think the people are of the same nature but considering how Jews, Muslims, and Christians alike treat these passages as holy doctrine ... they seem to impart divine providence to war ... implying God has sanctioned it as right and appropriate.

So I guess, in a way, yes ... but not because of the genetic line ... because of the religious line ... and not just Jews, but Christians and Muslims as well.

Answer 6

Im an Israeli- And believe me it doesnt. It explains how the world was created and about the first people- Adam, Eve and more.
But there`s another book- called the Talmud- And in it the Israeli wars are more clear to understand- and it explains the Isrtaeli sins too.

Answer 7

You are still mentally challenged at 123 points.
Don't you know that Allah has condemned Islam for the Sunni Brothers and Shiite Brothers killing each other. He is withholding any further deliveries of 72 Virgins to your Suicide Bombers

Answer 8

The Caananites were the barbarians, vicious, sexually perverse, violent, evil, sacrificing their children to their pagan gods. Even the children were corrupted. They were God's enemies. God ordered them destroyed. They were completely lost.

The Caananites are still like that , except now they call themselves Hamas and Hezbollah. God still wants them destroyed.

Answer 9

Hmm You consider entering someones country and kidnapping there people and fireing missles at them holy? The answer to your question is simple you question is in err because it assumes retaliation is barbaric and i say it is human nature but kidnapping and attempting to murder is the barbaric nature of these men explained by the Quran? Because many people feel it is.

Answer 10

It seems to me that EVERYONE has a bit of the barbarian in them nowadays. Apparently, war answers all the questions. It is so sad that many civilians and innocent bystanders have to die as well. (But who cares, right? They're just collateral damage, right?)

Answer 11

Barbaric, huh?

I suppose you don't know what hapened to our guys recently captured, recently, just south of Baghdad.

Their eyes were gouged out, arms and legs broken, their private parts cut off and shoved in their mouths and finally their hearts were cut out.


The mad dogs that did this were not Jews.