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In the last chapter, Israel walked away, but here they attack and utterly destroy the enemy. God gives them permission and helps them. This seems brutal, yet there is a reason. Typically, when nations or armies attacked a place, it was plundered. The best of everything is taken. Often the reason for attacking wasn't for righteousness but for gain. Moses, by pleading to destroy it all, is saying that we are doing this because it is right, not for us to make a profit. Nations today claim that they are doing things for the right reasons or to defend the rights of others, but unfortunately, too often it is about the bottom line. Moses tells God we won't be doing that and by pleading destruction removes greed from the table.
Side note: Moses didn't pledge to chase after the people as they fled but to destroy what was there.
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