As it is doubtful that any soldier would be interested in raping old women.
Exactly my point. Off with their heads.
Deedee,
Why didn't you list the book and chapter? Isn't this passage talking about what will happen to Israel at the hands of their enemies as a result of Israel's disobedience?
So? Violence is violence as prescribed by God.
Where in the Bible does it say that those virgins were later raped by the Israeli soldiers? Are you sure the Israeli soldiers didn't take them as wives? Sure, it's terrible for an Israeli soldier to take a virgin as his wife after he killed her people, but that is far from rape. As a wife, she was subject to the laws that applied to any Israeli wife.
Interesting point. Why do we slam 50-year-old Muslim men for forcibly marrying 12-year-old girls then?
We do because we look at it with modern, Western attitudes. That's my point. Many scenarios played out in the OT are despicable to us today, and we wouldn't dream of indulging in such behavior.
You've misread my posts. All I said was that cruelty is a human word and can't be applied to the all-knowing, all-seeing Creator.
And yes, a blessing on everyone's head!!!