So the battle is done and spoils are divided. Here God commands much less than the traditional tithe- in fact the soldiers are told to give .2% of what they plundered. The Israelites were to give 2%.
Maybe God here is rewarding their courage in following Him into what would seem like a perilous situation. Whatever the reason, they strike it rich. The nation took in hundreds of thousands of sheep, thousands of cattle and donkeys- and thousands of virgins.
And while we commonly hear criticism of Muslim fascination with a reward of virgins for their most valiant, here is a piece of our own history chronicling the same from the pen of Moses.
I have a hard time wrapping my mind around the condoned use of people as slaves, as objects, as less than human. Some of my disdain is certainly cultural, but all the same- we're a long way from love your enemies here.
Maybe God here is rewarding their courage in following Him into what would seem like a perilous situation. Whatever the reason, they strike it rich. The nation took in hundreds of thousands of sheep, thousands of cattle and donkeys- and thousands of virgins.
And while we commonly hear criticism of Muslim fascination with a reward of virgins for their most valiant, here is a piece of our own history chronicling the same from the pen of Moses.
I have a hard time wrapping my mind around the condoned use of people as slaves, as objects, as less than human. Some of my disdain is certainly cultural, but all the same- we're a long way from love your enemies here.
