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Not exterminated just the Land was conqueered. Yes God commanded the extermination, as well as bashing the heads of babies onto rocks, but it didn't happen. No

Not exterminated just the Land was conqueered. Yes God commanded the extermination, as well as bashing the heads of babies onto rocks, but it didn't happen. No where in the scriptures of the Hebrews does it say they were exterminated. Joshua 16:10 They did not dislodge the Canaanites living in Gezer; to this day the Canaanites live among the people of Ephraim but are required to do forced labor. Yes Israel came and kicked out many people groups to settle in Israel but they never exterminated. The Old Testament is full of stories of neighbors being a pain to Israel.

boomboomsubban 9y ago
No, exterminated. The book describes the killing of many complete cities, like Jericho in 6:21 > And they utterly destroyed all that was in the city, both man and woman, young and old, and ox, and sheep, and ass, with the edge of the sword. Ai in 8:24 >And it came to pass, when Israel had made an end of slaying all the inhabitants of Ai in the field, in the wilderness wherein they chased them, and when they were all fallen on the edge of the sword, until they were consumed, that all the Israelites returned unto Ai, and smote it with the edge of the sword And the Gezer you keep clinging to in 10:33 >Then Horam king of Gezer came up to help Lachish; and Joshua smote him and his people, until he had left him none remaining. I have no idea why it later says they didn't slay them. There is still enough description of putting everyone to the sword to call it extermination.
- baldfat 9y ago
  > There is still enough description of putting everyone to the sword to call it extermination. BUT still today there is DNA evidence that they were alive just as written in JOSHUA and in JUDGES. Also they did not kill everyone and took wives like Rahab who was in David's genealogy? This was an easy 5 minute search to answer "Did the Hebrew scriptures say they were exterminated?" "Were Cananites mentioned further on in the scriptures?" "Are they till alive after the conquering of the lands?" Okay I usually enjoy this but I guess there is personal issues involved that doesn't allow you to even allow you to be skeptical and find a logical answer and just are a cynic? Sorry to have bothered you if you even reading this. A) I pointed out that the DNA of Canaanites still in existence, as per new article this year is consistent with the Hebrew scriptures. B) People stated this disproved the Hebrew scriptures since they are said to be exterminated which is counter to my stance and evidence in Joshua and Judges. C) Your statement Joshua was the story of Canaanites extermination, but MY evidence was that Canaanites are still alive in Joshua as of its writing and also in Judges. This would mean that it is no surprise that there is DNA evidence to this day. D) You define Exterminate to mean destroying MOST of the cities and most of the Canaanites. This would still account for why we have DNA evidence of Canaanites. E) Your conclusion is that the history record of the Hebrew scriptures is wrong because there is DNA evidence of them today and they were Exterminated but your definition stats that they were not completely wiped out but mostly killed, which is consistent to warfare in that time period and era? E) We have a logical error and sorry to say this but I don't believe it is on my end. There is something once again not allowing you to even be open to the possibility that in this DNA evidence doesn't disprove Hebrew scriptures. Hope you have a good day, sorry to bring up something hurtful possibly?
  - boomboomsubban 9y ago
    I personally think the entire book of Joshua is not a factual account of history, very little information outside of the Bible supports it's claim. Treating it like a historical document that can be disproved is nonsense. The scientific article this started on wanted to discover what happened to the Canaanites, and only mentioned the Bible to say it was one of the few records of the period and that they were exterminated in it. On the other matter, the Bible states that extermination is the goal, and describes the campaign to do so in detail. That it later says there may have been pockets they missed doesn't mean Bible scholars are making the entire thing up.

boomboomsubban 9y ago

No, exterminated. The book describes the killing of many complete cities, like Jericho in 6:21 > And they utterly destroyed all that was in the city, both man and woman, young and old, and ox, and sheep, and ass, with the edge of the sword. Ai in 8:24 >And it came to pass, when Israel had made an end of slaying all the inhabitants of Ai in the field, in the wilderness wherein they chased them, and when they were all fallen on the edge of the sword, until they were consumed, that all the Israelites returned unto Ai, and smote it with the edge of the sword And the Gezer you keep clinging to in 10:33 >Then Horam king of Gezer came up to help Lachish; and Joshua smote him and his people, until he had left him none remaining. I have no idea why it later says they didn't slay them. There is still enough description of putting everyone to the sword to call it extermination.

baldfat 9y ago
> There is still enough description of putting everyone to the sword to call it extermination. BUT still today there is DNA evidence that they were alive just as written in JOSHUA and in JUDGES. Also they did not kill everyone and took wives like Rahab who was in David's genealogy? This was an easy 5 minute search to answer "Did the Hebrew scriptures say they were exterminated?" "Were Cananites mentioned further on in the scriptures?" "Are they till alive after the conquering of the lands?" Okay I usually enjoy this but I guess there is personal issues involved that doesn't allow you to even allow you to be skeptical and find a logical answer and just are a cynic? Sorry to have bothered you if you even reading this. A) I pointed out that the DNA of Canaanites still in existence, as per new article this year is consistent with the Hebrew scriptures. B) People stated this disproved the Hebrew scriptures since they are said to be exterminated which is counter to my stance and evidence in Joshua and Judges. C) Your statement Joshua was the story of Canaanites extermination, but MY evidence was that Canaanites are still alive in Joshua as of its writing and also in Judges. This would mean that it is no surprise that there is DNA evidence to this day. D) You define Exterminate to mean destroying MOST of the cities and most of the Canaanites. This would still account for why we have DNA evidence of Canaanites. E) Your conclusion is that the history record of the Hebrew scriptures is wrong because there is DNA evidence of them today and they were Exterminated but your definition stats that they were not completely wiped out but mostly killed, which is consistent to warfare in that time period and era? E) We have a logical error and sorry to say this but I don't believe it is on my end. There is something once again not allowing you to even be open to the possibility that in this DNA evidence doesn't disprove Hebrew scriptures. Hope you have a good day, sorry to bring up something hurtful possibly?
- boomboomsubban 9y ago
  I personally think the entire book of Joshua is not a factual account of history, very little information outside of the Bible supports it's claim. Treating it like a historical document that can be disproved is nonsense. The scientific article this started on wanted to discover what happened to the Canaanites, and only mentioned the Bible to say it was one of the few records of the period and that they were exterminated in it. On the other matter, the Bible states that extermination is the goal, and describes the campaign to do so in detail. That it later says there may have been pockets they missed doesn't mean Bible scholars are making the entire thing up.