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Numbers 31:17 is a difficult passage. It says, “Now therefore, kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman who has known man by lying with him.” Is this an example of killing babies in the Bible? How should we think about this troubling passage?
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If you're interested to learn more about why I believe Christianity is true, I suggest you start with my series on the historical reliability of the Gospels:
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Here's another series I made on Bible Difficulties:
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I wrote a book! Check out Why Did God Do That?: Discovering God's Goodness in the Hard Passages of Scripture. Available on Amazon and store.josh.org/product/why-did-god-do-that-discovering-gods-goodness-in-the-hard-passages-of-scripture
0:00 Numbers 31:17
0:20 Let's Start with the Context
1:04 How should we think about this?
1:53 On whose authority?
3:27 Researching this yourself
4:15 Theology of judgment
#apologetics #numbers31 #bookofnumbers #whydidgoddothat #biblestudy
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Numbers 31:17 is a difficult passage. It says, “Now therefore, kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman who has known man by lying with him.” Is this an example of killing babies in the Bible? How should we think about this troubling passage?
You may appreciate this related video: If God asked you to muder a baby, would you? Check it out here: youtu.be/wl5TNcJY0hA
If you like what you saw, please support this channel by subscribing and dropping a comment. I'd love to hear from you! 🙂
If you're interested to learn more about why I believe Christianity is true, I suggest you start with my series on the historical reliability of the Gospels:
youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbG4xNJY63PnHLfTz17wYqKa3TXq8G-uk
Here's another series I made on Bible Difficulties:
youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbG4xNJY63Pm0zT2yZhaILuaPHmRYpKD6
I wrote a book! Check out Why Did God Do That?: Discovering God's Goodness in the Hard Passages of Scripture. Available on Amazon and store.josh.org/product/why-did-god-do-that-discovering-gods-goodness-in-the-hard-passages-of-scripture
0:00 Numbers 31:17
0:20 Let's Start with the Context
1:04 How should we think about this?
1:53 On whose authority?
3:27 Researching this yourself
4:15 Theology of judgment
#apologetics #numbers31 #bookofnumbers #whydidgoddothat #biblestudy
I serve as a speaker and author with Sightline. To learn more or invite me to your event, visit sightlineministry.org/contributors/matthew-tingblad
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