What's your least favorite scripture?

[Aquila]

Originally Posted by Timmy

Numbers 31 and many other similar stories were centuries before there was a king over Israel.

What am I accusing God of? I merely related what God is said to have done (ordered Israel to slaughter people), and wondered if there wasn't another way He could have accomplished His goals for His people.

Again, you're not telling the full story. The first verse sets the context:

Numbers 31:1-2
1 The Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 2 “Avenge the people of Israel on the Midianites. Afterward you shall be gathered to your people.”

May I ask for your highly intelligent explanation of what the Midianites did to the nation of Israel to warrant such a reprisal?

C'mon Timmy.... share with us the horrendous events that led to what Midian did to the Israelites and thus provoked the Israelites to meet them with military reprisal.