In this episode, God provides instructions for committing genocide. If you run into any problems, don't worry. God will send hornets to help you. And if there are any giants, God will destroy them too.

And although it may seem a bit contradictory to you, God commands you to love strangers, circumcise the foreskin of your heart, and don't do what you think is right.

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Remember how in Numbers, God repeatedly told Moses that he wasn't going to make it to the promised land (because God was mad at him for hitting the rock instead of talking to it)?

Well, here's a spoiler for you: Moses finally dies in Deuteronomy - but not until he gives a long, boring speech, which is called the Book of Deuteronomy.

This episode covers the first part of his speech - Deuteronomy 1-5.

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Well, we've finally made it to the end of Numbers.

In this episode two of the tribes of Israel decide not to go to the promised land, God tells the Israelites to kill all the Canaanites, we learn some more about revengers of blood and cities of refuge, and the daughters of Zelophehad are forced to marry their cousins.

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In this episode, we are joined by Seth Andrews, the host of The Thinking Atheist podcast and YouTube channel, to discuss one of the most appalling stories in the entire Bible. In it Moses commands his men to kill all the males and non-virgin females, but to keep the virgins alive for themselves.

In his autobiography, Deconverted, Seth said that Numbers 31 was one of the parts of the Bible that led him to reject the Bible and Christianity.

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Our son, Philip Wells, joins us in this episode. He has helped us produce the podcast, as well as the SAB website and books.

In the episode itself, there are several passages about women's rights - both good and bad.

So we welcome you to listen to the podcast and meet our son, Philip!

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When the Israelites commit whoredom with the daughters of Moab -- Moses, God, and Phinehas respond by hanging up dead bodies, committing mass murder, impaling a couple while they were having sex, and sending a plague that killed 24,000 people. All in one chapter of the Good Book.

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After Balaam, God, the angel, and the donkey finally got things worked out in the last episode, Balaam arrives in Moab to curse the Israelites for King Balak.

But things didn't go as planned.

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This is a bizarre story - even by biblical standards.

God changes his mind three times in a single chapter, while making a donkey talk to a man about an angel that only the donkey can see.

It reminds me of the Mr. Ed show that I loved so much as a kid.

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This is one of the Bible's most famous stories.

The people complain about the lack of food and water, and God sends fiery serpents to bite them.

Stories like this can only be found in the Bible.

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Miriam dies, Moses sins, and Aaron dies naked.

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