What I understand then
Bible was always written with concept of us against them mentality
Always a duality- of a true god and other false gods, of a chosen people and a forsaken rest of the world, of only one way to heaven and all other ways leading to hell, of protecting one's own against the rest
These are basic human proclivities -A craving to belong , thereby necessitating exclusion - and writers have penned it down as gods law!
So Judah and Israel the heroes in thisd'z narrative Egypt the villain
Did god speak to the prophets ? Doubtlessly. However point remains we also hear what we want to hear.... There needs to be a meeting of minds here with gods word..... To even hear him... Is this sacrilegious?
So god told men that when they conquer a land they must destroy it and take as slaves the women and children- really ? Or is that what the prophet chose to hear for it colluded with his own way of thinking?
The bible then was also a tool for nation building. This is political purpose here.
