The Sins Of The Canaanites: Blood-Lust, Murder, Incest, Sex With Animals . . .

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JAGG Writes:
The Canaanites Were Not Salvageable --- They Had Sunk To The Very Bottom
On The Immorality Scale:
{A} Cold Blooded Murder.
{B} Incest With Close Family Members.
{C} Murdered Their Own Children {Molech}.
{D} Blood-Lust Gory Murder Religious Ceremonies.
{E} Sex With Animals.
God's purpose was to get rid of all that up there and replace it with the
religion of the nation of Israel which prohibited all such vile sins.

"The Lord said to Moses, speak to the Israelites and say to them,
You must not do as they do in the land of Canaan where I am bringing
you. Do not follow their practices." Leviticus 18:1-3

"Do not defile yourselves in any of these ways {listed in Leviticus 18:6-23}
because this is how the nations that I am going to drive out before you
became defiled."

"For all these things were done by the people who lived in the land
before you" Leviticus 18:27

". . . the detestable customs that were practiced before you came"
Leviticus 18:30

So what were they doing that was so bad?

Here is the list of the sins of the Canaanites:

(1) They were having sex with their close family members.
Leviticus 18:6

(2) They were having sex with their mothers.
Leviticus 18:7

(3) They were having sex with their sisters.
Leviticus 18:9

(4) They were having sex with their grandchildren.
Leviticus 18:10

(5) They were having sex with their aunts.
Leviticus 18:14

(6) They were having sex with their daughters-in law.
Leviticus 18:15

(7) They were having sex with their brother's wife.
Leviticus 18:16

( 8 ] They were having sex with their neighbor's wife..
Leviticus 18:20

(9) They were having homosexual sex.
Leviticus 18:22

(10) They were giving their children to be murdered in sacrifice to Molech.
Leviticus 18:21

Now The Canaanites Had Sunk To Bestiality.

(11) The Canaanites were having sex with animals.
Leviticus 18:23

(12) Their women were specifically mentioned as having sex with animals.
Leviticus 18:23

There was a total of 6 tribes that were practicing (1) through (12) up there:

Hittites
Amorites
Canaanites
Perizzites
Hivites
Jebusites
All 6 tribes are generally referred to as the "Canaanites."
Deuteronomy 20:16-18

The command of God to the Israelites in Deuteronomy 20:16 "do not leave alive
anything that breathes" was applicable only to these 6 tribes that were practicing
(1) through (12) listed up-post. All the other many tribes and cities that were living
at a distance from the Canaanites were to be offered an opportunity to make peace
with the Israelites and were never the object of total annihilation as was the 6 totally
corrupt Canaanite nations.

See Deuteronomy 20:11 and Deuteronomy 20:15 on the offer of peace to be
made to the nations living at a distance from the Canaanites. The reason for
the offer of peace was that these nations living at a distance from the
Canaanites were morally salvageable and they were accordingly shown
mercy if they would agree to make peace with the Israelites.

Repeat . . .
The Canaanites Were Not Salvageable --- They Had Sunk To The Very Bottom
Of The Immorality Scale:
{A} Cold Blooded Murder.
{B} Incest With Close Family Members.
{C} Murdered Their Own Children {Molech}
{D} Blood-Lust Gory Murder Religious Ceremonies.
{E} Sex With Animals.

"washed her hands in human gore" . . . .

Start quote.
Consider the bloodlust and violence of the Canaanite deity Anath, the patroness
of both war and sex.

The late archaeologist William Albright describes the Canaanite deity Anath's
massacre in the following gory scene.

The blood was so deep that she waded in it up to her knees -- nay, up to her neck.
Under her feet were human heads, above her human hands flew like locusts.

In her sensuous delight she decorated herself with suspended (human) heads while
she attached (human) hands to her girdle.

Her joy at the butchery is described in even more sadistic language. Her liver swelled
with laughter, her heart was full of joy, the liver of Anath (was full of) exultation.

Afterwards Anath was satisfied and washed her hands in human gore before
proceeding to other occupations.
End quote.

The above quote regarding Anath is from Is God A Moral Monster: Making Sense
Of The Old Testament God, by Paul Copan, page 159

So?

So the following seems very reasonable . . . .

"However, in the cities of the nations the LORD your God is giving you as an
inheritance, do not leave alive anything that breathes. Completely destroy
them-the Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites-as
the LORD your God has commanded you. Otherwise, they will teach you
to follow all the detestable things they do in worshiping their gods, and
you will sin against the LORD your God. __Deuteronomy 20:16-18

. . . . . in light of:
The Sins Of The Canaanites: Blood-Lust, Murder, Incest, Sex With Animals.

Conclusion: God was perfectly just and right when He ordered the complete
destruction of the Canaanites.



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