The Jews never stole the land

[Richard D]

You can't prove him wrong.

[spike jones]

1. Exodus 23:28-30 This sounds like stealing to me.

Exodus 23:28-30
New International Version
28 I will send the hornet ahead of you to drive the Hivites, Canaanites and Hittites out of your way. 29 But I will not drive them out in a single year, because the land would become desolate and the wild animals too numerous for you. 30 Little by little I will drive them out before you, until you have increased enough to take possession of the land.

[Mosby]

2. God stole the land?

Really?

[Richard D]

4. Interesting...

Some scholars think that the hornets were the Egyptians as the Pharoah was represented as a hornet in hieroglyphics.

[Mosby]

6. I checked a couple chumashim

For this section of Mishpatim. The Hertz chumash referenced stinging insects, but my chumash Etz Chayim says "I will send a plague ahead of you...." so maybe the hornet reference isn't very important. There is a lot of halacha in this parsha.

[DavidDvorkin]

3. Yeah, but none of that happened

It's pure mythology and has no relevance to history.

[twodogsbarking]

5. I think we have reached the point where there is no difference. Thanks for the comment.