So let’s make a few observations as we step into that time period and cultural context. We will look at a people group known as the Canaanites, the people God is ordering to be destroyed with what seems like a merciless genocide. There are other people groups in the Old Testament, including the Midianites and Amalekites, that we won’t address here, but with each people group you need to look at what was going on at that time and in that place. The circumstances are often similar.
