Also at the millennium scale, we can look at the way of life of early civilizations such as the ones described in the Bible. And in this supposed source of our moral values, one can read descriptions of what was expected in warfare, such as the following from Numbers 31: "And they warred against the Midianites as the Lord commanded Moses, and they slew all the males. And Moses said unto them, 'Have you saved all the women alive? Now, therefore, kill every male among the little ones and kill every woman that hath known man by lying with him, but all the women children that have not know a man by lying with him keep alive for yourselves.'" In other words, kill the men; kill the children; if you see any virgins, then you can keep them alive so that you can rape them.
Također, na razini tisućljeća možemo uočiti način života ranih civilizacija, poput onih opisanih u Bibliji. U tom tobožnjem izvoru naših moralnih vrijednosti može se pročitati što se očekivalo u ratu, kao na primjer u Brojevima 31: "I pođoše u boj proti Midjanaca, kako je bio Gospod zapovjedio Mojsiju, i pobiše sve muške osobe. Reče im Mojsije: "A što ostaviste na životu sve žene? Zato sada pobijte svu djecu mušku i sve žene udate. A sve mlade djevojke, koje još nijesu udate, ostavite za sebe na životu." Drugim riječima, ubijete muškarce, ubijte djecu, a ako vidite djevice možete ih ostaviti na životu kako bi ih mogli silovati.