>There are many inconsistencies in the bible, obvious ones are:
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>Deuteronomy 24:16
>The Lord commanded: "Fathers shall not be put to death for their children, nor children put to death for their fathers; each is to die for his own sins."
>Ezekiel 18:20
>The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son
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>and yet
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>1 Samuel 15:3
>Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not; but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass
>Isaiah 14:21
>Prepare a place to slaughter his sons for the sins of their forefathers; they are not to rise to inherit the land and cover the earth with their cities.
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Let's see, is it possible to look at those statements and come up with a reasoning that is non contradictory? I think so. In Samuel, He was instructing the Jews for their safety. God knew that the enemy was comprised of entire families and the way to stop the aggression was to annhilate them. This is not the only instance where He gave this instruction. As a matter of fact He rebuffed the Jews for not killing every man, woman and child of the Canaanites. The Jews took some as wives and even adopted some of their Pagan beliefs.