As already explained previously, bestiality was a norm and the
Canaanites literally had sex with “everything that breathes”… let me ask you,
if you are an Israelite, how comfortable will you be having a cow or a goat or
a sheep around your house and children; an animal who was accustomed to having
sex with humans? Also, these animals could be infected with a host of venereal
diseases from copulating with humans. Let me ask you again, would you keep an
animal around your near and dear ones; an animal whom you suspect could
possibly have a serious venereal disease? Wouldn’t one infected animal spread
life threatening disease to humans or other animals in the livestock? How
comfortable would you be eating their meat or drinking their milk?
Finally, you mentioned about sacrifices? As written in
Exodus 12:5, Leviticus 22:24 and Deuteronomy 17:1, the animal had to be without
any blemish or defect or sick or injured. Will an animal used to having sex
with humans be acceptable in the sight of the LORD?
No wonder then that the Lord in His infinite wisdom
commanded to kill all that breathes which includes animals too (Deut 20:16-18).
(... To Be Continued in Part 7)
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