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| − | Genocide is | + | Genocide is the killing of a large number of people because they belong to a certain ethnicity or religion. |
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Deuteronomy:20:17: But thou shalt utterly destroy them; namely, the Hittites, and the Amorites, the Canaanites, and the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites; as the LORD thy God hath commanded thee: | Deuteronomy:20:17: But thou shalt utterly destroy them; namely, the Hittites, and the Amorites, the Canaanites, and the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites; as the LORD thy God hath commanded thee: | ||
Revision as of 07:10, March 20, 2007
Genocide is the killing of a large number of people because they belong to a certain ethnicity or religion.
Example:
Deuteronomy:20:17: But thou shalt utterly destroy them; namely, the Hittites, and the Amorites, the Canaanites, and the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites; as the LORD thy God hath commanded thee: