God Commands Genocide? Numbers 31

God ordering the killing of entire nations is a point skeptics are quick to bring up in an attempt to paint God as an unloving and evil being. Numbers 31 is one of the first explicit examples in the Bible where such an order is given. How can we make sense of the orders given from God in Numbers 31? In this lesson, we look at the greater context of all the events taking place to help us understand why God ordered the Midianites to be destroyed.