I love all those parts that justify killing for all sorts of wacky reasons. Leviticus has lots of good ones. I always forget about Numbers, though. I think I was rather bored by the time I got to that book all those decades ago when I decided to read the whole Bible just to be cooler than everybody else, or something. Really, I did just wanted to read it... and it was awesome aside from all the really boring parts.
The conquest was more about ending the Canaanites' religious and cultural practices than ending their lives. The problem wasn't the people, but idolatry.
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