7946356 Wait, why did they kill all the innocent people? Are Israelites evil?

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In fact, Jericho was built blocking Israel's path to Canaan. On top of that, the people of Jericho flatly refused to give way to the Israelites.

7946409 How was Jericho blocking the path? Israelites kept walking around it with no problem. If they wanted to go to Canaan, they could have just gone to Cannan. The only reason why they would stop at Jericho was if Israelites were nothing but bloodthirsty brutes.