“When you lay siege to a city for a long time, fighting against it to capture it, do not destroy its trees by putting an ax to them, because you can eat their fruit. Do not cut them down. Are the trees people, that you should besiege them?”-Deuteronomy 20:19 We are currently discussing the seven […]

“As for the towns of these peoples, which Adonai your God is giving you as your inheritance, you are not to allow anything that breathes to live. Rather you must destroy them completely — the Hitti, the Emori, the Kena‘ani, the P’rizi, the Hivi and the Y’vusi — as Adonai your God has ordered you; […]

“However, if they refuse to make peace with you but prefer to make war against you, you are to put it under siege.  When Adonai your God hands it over to you, you are to put every male to the sword.”-Deuteronomy 20:12-13 In my last post, I discussed how the army of Israel is to […]

“When you advance on a town to attack it, first offer it terms for peace.  If it accepts the terms for peace and opens its gates to you, then all the people there are to be put to forced labor and work for you.”-Deuteronomy 20:10-11 When the invading Hebrew army advances into a Canaanite town, […]

Have you ever had a golden opportunity come your way? I’m talking about an incredible chance to do something important, worthwhile and lasting that practically just landed right in your lap. Yet because of the risk and discomfort this situation represented, you hesitated and let this golden chance just slip right out of your hands. At the […]