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Numbers 31:17-18 (underlined area specifically)
'17 Now kill all the boys. And kill every woman who has slept with a man, 18 but save for yourselves every girl who has never slept with a man.'
As the title suggests, what was God's focus in this particular case? I have struggled to find a logical rationale/conclusion, but thus far, draw a blank - in support of an asserted 'loving Yahweh'...?
Seems as though the author of this narrative 'commands' that the taking of virgins was permissible.
Thus, I now ask, what was God's rationale?
'17 Now kill all the boys. And kill every woman who has slept with a man, 18 but save for yourselves every girl who has never slept with a man.'
As the title suggests, what was God's focus in this particular case? I have struggled to find a logical rationale/conclusion, but thus far, draw a blank - in support of an asserted 'loving Yahweh'...?
Seems as though the author of this narrative 'commands' that the taking of virgins was permissible.
Thus, I now ask, what was God's rationale?