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In reply to the discussion: Brian Zahnd: No, God didnt command genocide in the Old Testament [View all]NeoGreen
(4,031 posts)21. (Sarcasm On) Sure he didn't...(Sarcasm Off)
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http://biblehub.com/1_samuel/15-3.htm
New International Version
Now go, attack the Amalekites and totally destroy all that belongs to them. Do not spare them; put to death men and women, children and infants, cattle and sheep, camels and donkeys.'"
New Living Translation
Now go and completely destroy the entire Amalekite nation--men, women, children, babies, cattle, sheep, goats, camels, and donkeys."
English Standard Version
Now go and strike Amalek and devote to destruction all that they have. Do not spare them, but kill both man and woman, child and infant, ox and sheep, camel and donkey.
New American Standard Bible
'Now go and strike Amalek and utterly destroy all that he has, and do not spare him; but put to death both man and woman, child and infant, ox and sheep, camel and donkey.'"
King James Bible
Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not; but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass.
Holman Christian Standard Bible
Now go and attack the Amalekites and completely destroy everything they have. Do not spare them. Kill men and women, children and infants, oxen and sheep, camels and donkeys.'"
International Standard Version
Now, go and attack Amalek. Completely destroy all that they have. Don't spare them, but put to death both man and woman, child and infant, both ox and sheep, camel and donkey.'"
NET Bible
So go now and strike down the Amalekites. Destroy everything that they have. Don't spare them. Put them to death--man, woman, child, infant, ox, sheep, camel, and donkey alike.'"
New Heart English Bible
Now go and strike Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and do not spare them; but kill both man and woman, infant and nursing baby, ox and sheep, camel and donkey.'"
GOD'S WORD® Translation
Now go and attack Amalek. Claim everything they have for God by destroying it. Don't spare them, but kill men and women, infants and children, cows and sheep, camels and donkeys."
JPS Tanakh 1917
Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not; but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass.'
New American Standard 1977
Now go and strike Amalek and utterly destroy all that he has, and do not spare him; but put to death both man and woman, child and infant, ox and sheep, camel and donkey.
Jubilee Bible 2000
Now go and smite Amalek and utterly destroy all that they have and spare him not, but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass.
King James 2000 Bible
Now go and strike Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not; but slay both man and woman, infant and nursing child, ox and sheep, camel and donkey.
American King James Version
Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not; but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass.
American Standard Version
Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not; but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Now therefore go, and smite Amalec, and utterly destroy all that he hath: spare him not, nor covet any thing that is his: but slay both man and woman, child and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass.
Darby Bible Translation
Now go and smite Amalek, and destroy utterly all that they have, and spare them not, but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass.
English Revised Version
Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not; but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass.
Webster's Bible Translation
Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not; but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass.
World English Bible
Now go and strike Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and don't spare them; but kill both man and woman, infant and nursing baby, ox and sheep, camel and donkey.'"
Young's Literal Translation
Now, go, and thou hast smitten Amalek, and devoted all that it hath, and thou hast no pity on it, and hast put to death from man unto woman, from infant unto suckling, from ox unto sheep, from camel unto ass.'
For the pertinent part, start at the 1:10:10 mark:
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Talking about an actual year with Christianity is not very useful
muriel_volestrangler
Sep 2017
#100
I am accepting the narrative of 30CE as the beginning of the public ministry. eom
guillaumeb
Sep 2017
#102
That isn't so, for centuries Christianity was largely persecuted and hidden away, and very
braddy
Sep 2017
#127
You seem to be mostly in agreement with what I posted, people ignore the first centuries of
braddy
Sep 2017
#137
I'm not aware of any Christian wars or Christian nations from the early centuries that you keep
braddy
Sep 2017
#142
The god of the bible created satan, and allows it to continue to exist.
AtheistCrusader
Aug 2017
#36
If one is a Biblical literalist, one will insist on a literal interpretation.
guillaumeb
Aug 2017
#7
There's a middle ground between 'this is true word for word' and 'hey the first half of this entire
AtheistCrusader
Aug 2017
#57
A Biblical literalist generally accepts that each word of the Bible is the inspired
guillaumeb
Aug 2017
#59
I get allegory. What I don't get is classifying everything one doesn't like
AtheistCrusader
Aug 2017
#68
I don't accept that humans are deeply flawed creatures who must beg for forgiveness from a god,
trotsky
Sep 2017
#94
Feeble deflection. There are whole books in the bible that are nothing but bloodshed on behalf of or
AtheistCrusader
Aug 2017
#38
You are shying away from the main point of the article you posted
muriel_volestrangler
Sep 2017
#109
You said in #12 that you disagree that Zahnd is a New Testament literalist
muriel_volestrangler
Sep 2017
#111
Plenty of clarity is to be found in reason, fact-based historical research and an open mind
Bradshaw3
Aug 2017
#56
I mentioned in the original post that I found this to be an interesting opinion.
guillaumeb
Aug 2017
#66
Never said it was - as long as they admit it is just belief and not fact based
Bradshaw3
Aug 2017
#85
I do spend time here, and interestingly enough, many non-theists devote far more time here.
guillaumeb
Aug 2017
#89
You keep using that word. Wikipedia does not think it means what you think it means.
Pope George Ringo II
Sep 2017
#118
Technically, that's the definition you cited when you went to Wikipedia. I just used the right word
Pope George Ringo II
Sep 2017
#120
Hello. The Religion Group is a very busy place. Many of the responders are non-theists,
guillaumeb
Aug 2017
#88