This is where the book confuses a lot of people. How does killing the Canaanites fit in with Israel\u2019s calling to be a kingdom of priests and a blessing to all the nations? Isn\u2019t starting a war the opposite of blessing the nations? Why would God command his kingdom of priests to kick things off with an invasion? Before we land on answers to those questions, we need to take a deeper look at the culture and characters in play here.