Religion has Yahweh killing the women, children and all life in Heshbon of Sihon. But according to my understanding it is an account of the judicial decision against Bashan and the reason why.
Is it not Bashan and his men that destroyed Heshbon? Then Yahweh ordered Israel to defeat Bashan for what he and his people had done. My way makes sense. Hypocrites do not make sense.
The other one I want to talk about is Deuteronomy 7:2. The misunderstanding of this one led to the misunderstanding of Deuteronomy 3:6.
NWT: "you should without fail devote them to destruction"
But the words say
face
strike
accursed
accursed
(two forms of the same root word translated "destroy".)
I do not see enough evidence in those words to conclude they mean "kill until there is no one left" which religion has translated it as being.
Let's use a little logic, shall we?
The next translated understanding is saying "you must conclude no covenant with them". If Yahweh were ordering the extermination why would it be said "do not conclude a covenant" and "you must form no marriage alliance with them"?
Now I shall be silly Nancy and say Dah, you mean with dead people? If they were dead by the order of Jah, how can they be brought into a covenant or a marriage arrangement? They could not. And if Almighty God knew they would not cause an extermination so said the rest, why would he say it?He THE would not.
Is it not Bashan and his men that destroyed Heshbon? Then Yahweh ordered Israel to defeat Bashan for what he and his people had done. My way makes sense. Hypocrites do not make sense.
The other one I want to talk about is Deuteronomy 7:2. The misunderstanding of this one led to the misunderstanding of Deuteronomy 3:6.
NWT: "you should without fail devote them to destruction"
But the words say
face
strike
accursed
accursed
(two forms of the same root word translated "destroy".)
I do not see enough evidence in those words to conclude they mean "kill until there is no one left" which religion has translated it as being.
Let's use a little logic, shall we?
The next translated understanding is saying "you must conclude no covenant with them". If Yahweh were ordering the extermination why would it be said "do not conclude a covenant" and "you must form no marriage alliance with them"?
Now I shall be silly Nancy and say Dah, you mean with dead people? If they were dead by the order of Jah, how can they be brought into a covenant or a marriage arrangement? They could not. And if Almighty God knew they would not cause an extermination so said the rest, why would he say it?
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