Answering Atheists: Does God Command Genocide in the Bible?

When YHWH gave Israel the Promised Land, it appears that He commanded Israel to wipe out entire peoples. This teaching explores those difficult passages and demonstrates that God did not command racial genocide but pronounced judgment on nations whose wickedness had become extreme. The Hebrew ban (ḥērem) called for the removal of corrupt cultures steeped in idolatry and child sacrifice. God patiently warned these nations for centuries (Genesis 15:16) before bringing justice; the commands were acts of righteous judgment, not ethnic cleansing. Mon, 19 Apr 2021 21:33:01