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them when they tried to invade his land.
    When king Arad the Canaanite, which dwelt in the south, heard tell that Israel came by the way of the spies; then he fought against Israel, and took some of them prisoners. Numbers 21.1
    So the Israelites asked God for help, promising to kill everyone in several cities.
    Israel vowed a vow unto the LORD, and said, If thou wilt indeed deliver this people into my hand, then I will utterly destroy their cities. 21.2
    God didn’t have to think about this one. Here’s how he responded.
    The LORD hearkened to the voice of Israel, and delivered up the Canaanites. 21.3a
    So the Israelites, with God’s help, killed everyone in several Canaanite cities.
    And they utterly destroyed them and their cities. 21.3b
    I’m glad we got this one over with. It was pretty boring, wasn’t it?
    God’s next killing will be better, I promise.
    The Bible doesn’t tell us the population of the Aradite cities. So I guessed there were 3 cities, each with 1000 people, for a total of 3000 victims.

24. God sent fiery serpents to bite the people for complaining about the lack of food and water
    Numbers 21.6
    Estimated Number Killed: 100
    Israelites
    When it comes to this Bible story, there are only two kinds of believers: those who have never heard of it, and those who are embarrassed by it.
    Here’s the story.
    The Israelites began to complain about the lack of food and water.
    The people spake against God, and against Moses, Wherefore have ye brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? for there is no bread, neither is there any water; and our soul loatheth this light bread. Numbers 21.5
    So God sent fiery serpents to bite the people.
    The LORD sent fiery serpents among the people. 21.6a
    And many of the people died.
    And they bit the people; and much people of Israel died. 21.6b
    Then the people apologized to Moses and God for complaining, asking Moses to do something to get rid of God’s nasty fiery serpents.
    Therefore the people came to Moses, and said, We have sinned, for we have spoken against the LORD, and against thee; pray unto the LORD, that he take away the serpents from us. And Moses prayed for the people. 21.7
    God told Moses what to do. Make a fiery serpent out of brass (they had lots of that lying around) and put it on a pole. Then when a bitten person looks at it, he or she won’t die. (Only God could come up with a plan like that!)
    The LORD said unto Moses, Make thee a fiery serpent, and set it upon a pole: and it shall come to pass, that every one that is bitten, when he looketh upon it, shall live. 21.8
    So Moses made a brass snake and put it on a pole. And it worked just like God said it would.
    Moses made a serpent of brass, and put it upon a pole, and it came to pass, that if a serpent had bitten any man, when he beheld the serpent of brass, he lived. 21.9
    Now that’s a lot more entertaining than a damned holy war massacre, isn’t it?
    (Numbers 21.6 says that “much of the people died.” But how much is much? I guessed 100.)

25. Phinehas' double murder: A killing to end God’s killing
    Numbers 25.7-9
    Number Killed: 24,002
    Interracial couple and 24,000 plague victims
    This is really a strange one, and I’m not sure what to do with it.
    It all happens in the first few verses of Numbers 25, right after the story about Balaam’s talking donkey.
    It begins with the people having sex with the daughters of Moab.
    The people began to commit whoredom with the daughters of Moab. Numbers 25.1
    After sex, they ate dinner with them and worshiped their gods.
    They called the people unto the sacrifices of their gods: and the people did eat, and bowed down to their gods. 25.2
    This angered God so much that he told Moses to kill all the leaders and hang their dead bodies up on trees so that he wouldn’t be so angry anymore.
    The anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel. And the LORD said unto Moses, Take all the heads of the people, and hang them up before the LORD against