judaism and violence -hebrew bible
1 Samuel
[15:3]
Go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have; do not spare them, but kill both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass
Psalms
[137:8]
O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us.
[137:9]
Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones.
Genesis
[19:31] And the firstborn said unto the younger, Our father is old, and there is not a man in the earth to come in unto us after the manner of all the earth:
[19:32] Come, let us make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father.
[19:33] And they made their father drink wine that night: and the firstborn went in, and lay with her father; and he perceived not when she lay down, nor when she arose.
[19:34] And it came to pass on the morrow, that the firstborn said unto the younger, Behold, I lay yesternight with my father: let us make him drink wine this night also; and go thou in, and lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our Father.
[19:35] And they made their father drink wine that night also: and the younger arose, and lay with him; and he perceived not when she lay down, nor when she arose.
[19:36] Thus were both the daughters of Lot with child by their father.
Exodus
[34:13]
But ye shall destroy their altars, break their images, and cut down their groves
[34:14]
For thou shalt worship no other god: for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God
[34:15]
Lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, and they go a whoring after their gods , and do sacrifice unto their gods, and one call thee, and thou eat of his sacrifice;
[34:16]
And thou take of their daughters unto thy sons, and their daughters go a whoring after their gods, and make thy sons go a whoring after their gods.
[34:17]
Thou shalt make thee no molten gods.
Leviticus
[20:9]
For every one that curseth his father or his mother shall be surely put to death: he hath cursed his father or his mother; his blood shall be upon him
[20:10]
And the man that committeth adultery with another man's wife, even he that committeth adultery with his neighbour's wife, the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death.
[20:11]
And the man that lieth with his father's wife hath uncovered his father's nakedness: both of them shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them. [20:12]
And if a man lie with his daughter in law, both of them shall surely be put to death: they have wrought confusion; their blood shall be upon them.
[20:13] .
[20:14]
And if a man take a wife and her mother, it is wickedness: they shall be burnt with fire, both he and they; that there be no wickedness among you.
[20:15]
And if a man lie with a beast, he shall surely be put to death: and ye shall slay the beast.
[20:16]
And if a woman approach unto any beast, and lie down thereto, thou shalt kill the woman, and the beast: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.
Numbers
[15:32]
And while the children of Israel were in the wilderness, they found a man that gathered sticks upon the sabbath day
[15:33] And they that found him gathering sticks brought him unto Moses and Aaron, and unto all the congregation
[15:34]
And they put him in ward, because it was not declared what should be done to him
[15:35]
And the LORD said unto Moses, The man shall be surely put to death: all the congregation shall stone him with stones without the camp
[15:36]
And all the congregation brought him without the camp, and stoned him with stones, and he died; as the LORD commanded Moses
Deuteronomy
[2:34]
And we took all his cities at that time, and utterly destroyed the men, and the women, and the little ones, of every city, we left none to remain
[3:6]
And we utterly destroyed them, as we did unto Sihon king of Heshbon, utterly destroying the men, women, and children, of every city
[7:2]
And when the LORD thy God shall deliver them before thee; thou shalt smite them, and utterly destroy them; thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor shew mercy unto them
Joshua
[6:21]
And they utterly destroyed all that was in the city, both man and woman, young and old, and ox, and sheep, and ass, with the edge of the sword
Judges
[19:23]
And the man, the master of the house, went out unto them, Nay, my brethren, nay, I pray you, do not so wickedly; seeing that this man is come into mine house, do not this folly.
[19:24]
Behold, here is my daughter a maiden, and his concubine; them I will bring out now, and humble ye them, and do with them what seemeth good unto you: but unto this man do not so vile a thing.
[19:25]
But the men would not hearken to him: so the man took his concubine, and brought her forth unto them; and they knew her, and abused her all the night until the morning: and when the day began to spring, they let her go
[19:26]
Then came the woman in the dawning of the day, and fell down at the door of the man's house where her lord was, till it was light
[19:29]
And when he was come into his house, he took a knife, and laid hold on his concubine, and divided her, together with her bones, into twelve pieces, and sent her into all the coasts of Israel.
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