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Numbers 31 is the 31st chapter of the Book of Numbers, the fourth book of the Pentateuch ( Torah ), the central part of the Hebrew Bible ( Old Testament ), a sacred text in Judaism and Christianity. Scholars such as Israel Knohl and Dennis T. Olson name this chapter the War against the Midianites. [1] [2]
Warfare represents a special category of biblical violence and is a topic the Bible addresses, directly and indirectly, in four ways: there are verses that support pacifism, and verses that support non-resistance; 4th century theologian Augustine found the basis of just war in the Bible, and preventive war which is sometimes called crusade has also been supported using Bible texts.
The Hebrew Bible and the New Testament both contain narratives, poems, and instructions which describe, encourage, command, condemn, reward, punish and regulate violent actions by God, [1] individuals, groups, governments, and nation-states. Among the violent acts referred to are war, human sacrifice, animal sacrifice, murder, rape, genocide ...
According to the United Nations Development Programme, as of May 2024, at least 5% of Gaza's population has been killed, maimed or injured. As of 22 June 2024, over 38,000 people (37,396 Palestinian and 1,478 Israeli) have been reported as killed in the Israel–Hamas war, including 108 journalists (103 Palestinian, 2 Israeli and 3 Lebanese) and over 224 humanitarian aid workers, including 179 ...
June 15, 2024 at 2:57 PM. By James Mackenzie and Nidal al-Mughrabi. JERUSALEM/CAIRO (Reuters) -Eight Israeli soldiers were killed in the southern Gaza Strip on Saturday, the military said, as ...
Between 1948 and 1997, 20,093 [3] Israeli soldiers were killed in combat, 75,000 Israelis were wounded, and nearly 100,000 [4] Israelis were considered disabled army veterans. On the other hand, in 2010 Yom Hazikaron, Israel honored the memory of 22,684 Israeli soldiers and pre-Israeli Palestinian Jews killed since 1860 in the line of duty for ...
Siege of Masada. / 31.31556°N 35.35361°E / 31.31556; 35.35361. The siege of Masada was one of the final events in the First Jewish–Roman War, occurring from 72 to 73 CE on and around a hilltop in present-day Israel. The siege is known to history via a single source, Flavius Josephus, [3] a Jewish rebel leader captured by the Romans ...
The Battle of Jericho, as described in the Biblical Book of Joshua, was the first battle fought by the Israelites in the course of the conquest of Canaan.According to Joshua 6:1–27, the walls of Jericho fell after the Israelites marched around the city walls once a day for six days, seven times on the seventh day, with the priests blowing their horns daily and the people shouting on the last ...