Instructions for Genocide – Desert Journey – The Brick Bible

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Moses called all the Israelites together and said to them, 'Listen, Israel. When Yahweh your God has brought you in to the land which you are going to possess, many nations will be driven out.'

1 of 6 Deuteronomy 5:1,7:1

'The Hittites, Girgashites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites. You must put them all under the curse of destruction. Show them no pity.'

2 of 6 Deuteronomy 7:2

'You must not intermarry with them, or take a daughter of theirs for a son of yours, for the wrath of Yahweh would blaze out against you and Yahweh would instantly destroy you.'

3 of 6 Deuteronomy 7:3

'Instead, treat them like this: tear down their altars, smash their sacred stones, burn down their sacred poles, and hack to pieces the statues of their gods.'

4 of 6 Deuteronomy 7:5, 12:3

'And you must not spare the life of any living thing. Lay them under the curse of destruction: Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, as Yahweh your God has commanded you.'

5 of 6 Deuteronomy 20:16–17

'Devour all the people whom Yahweh your God puts at your mercy. Show them no pity. Furthermore, Yahweh will send hornets after those who survive and hide from you until they are all destroyed.' Next story: Moses Dies

6 of 6 Deuteronomy 7:16

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