09/08/2026
In Numbers 31, did Moses complete God's command for vengeance? It's a great point raised here by Kristi (see her video here https://f.mtr.cool/to6e2zjnzj It gets into the question of descriptive (describing what happened historically) and prescriptive (instructing us how to live) passages in scripture. Ultimately, this passage points to Moses going beyond God's command here, even to the point of killing women and children, which makes it descriptive rather than prescriptive.
However, while this passage may NOT be God commanding men, women, and children to be put to death. There may be another passage that does in 1 Samuel 15. Join us next Sunday as we look into this Problematic Passage.