God and the Midianites

[Angel]

Questions for debate:

1. Did God want the Midianites dead because of His vengeance ONLY (as Autodidact stated)?


Some views already offered to this question...

btw, what was the reason the Bible gives for all this slaughter? Vengeance.
"The LORD said to Moses, 2 “Take vengeance on the Midianites for the Israelites."

So I think what we learn from these passages is that God is vengeful. Also, everyone born into a tribe is responsible for the actions of that tribe, however long before they themselves were born.

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Post #3 t here to see where Autodidact makes this claim).

My view is that God's vengeance was involved but ALSO the WRONG acts of the Midianites. I defended this view here in post #3, 5, and 13.

What say everyone else?

[Paradigm]

As I understand it, the Midianites were being punished for the actions pf their ancestors. What is just about that?

[Cathar1950]

As I understand it, the Midianites were being punished for the actions pf their ancestors. What is just about that?

Is this the same group that took Moses in? The place where it seems Yahweh worship began as a family or tribal war god.