Deuteronomy 3:6 – 6 We completely destroyed them, as we had done with Sihon king of Heshbon, destroying every city—men, women and children. 7 But all the livestock and the plunder from their cities we carried off for ourselves.
The Jews were told to destroy all women, men, and children. Why? Because the corruption against God and how they were supposed to live had gotten to that point where it was detestable. If the Israelites went in after just killing the men and soldiers, the women and children would have worked their detestable beliefs and ways into the Israelites. God didn’t want bad apples spoiling the bunch.
Man struggles with this idea. People who don’t know or love the Lord don’t believe they should have to live any one particular way anyways. So when they read this they think it’s terrible.
The reason they think it is terrible is because they sympathize with the enemies of God instead of sympathizing with God.
God didn’t allow the Israelites to destroy nations until they got to be evil enough in His Eyes.
Genesis 15:16- 16 In the fourth generation your descendants will come back here, for the sin of the Amorites has not yet reached its full measure.”
So what happens further down the road to the Israelites? They eventually let some of those live who the Lord said to get rid of and sure enough, they corrupted the Israelites and led them astray from God’s law and Word. What was the result of that? They also got temporarily removed themselves after things got bad enough.
Today, stronger than ever we become more corrupt as a nation. Sin shows up at the door and no one does anything about it. Thirty years later that sin becomes accepted. In democracy people seem to prefer voting on rather they think something is right or wrong, instead of looking at God’s Word.
The one thing man has learned from history is man never learns from history.