[quadrant]

The question is why God ordered the destruction of the ancient people of Canaan.

[editor-surveyor]

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>> “The question is why God ordered the destruction of the ancient people of Canaan.” <<

Honestly???

They were pure evil, and their surviving descendents remain so today.
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[SeekAndFind]

I don’t think that’s the question, the disturbing question is why would
God, who gave the 10 commandments to His people, among them, THOU SHALT NOT KILL, tell them to commit genocide.

THAT is the disturbing question that needs to be answered.

[Ezekiel]

The question is why God ordered the destruction of the ancient people of Canaan.

Because Israel wasn't inclined to do so on its own. It was not in the inherent character.

Kind of like the white space on a printed page. It tells us what's *not* there.

Would other nations have needed to be told? For Ishmael's descendants, a day without beheadings is like a day without sunshine.

Israel miscalculated Moses' return by one day and went off the rails... by rising up 'to play'.