Failure to respond to my posts, I never said the Bible was a textbook. Yes, you believe the Bible teaches spiritual truths, history as believed by the authors and their laws,
The only reason you say I do not understand the Bible is because you claim I do not believe as you do. Belief does not translate to the ONLY understanding of scripture.
You are looking for the Pentateuch to be "accurate history"
Here are your words (with my emphases): "Of course, the authors of the Pentateuch, believed them to be accurate history and Hebrew Law and ritual including Leviticus and Deuteronomy. There is no reason I can come up with that the authors believed otherwise. The authors made no reference to the writings being symbolic or anecdotal or subject to personal interpretation. I do not consider my interpretation and understanding does the absolute and does not negate the possibility of other interpretation
My interpretation is that the Pentateuch is the beliefs, and the knowledge of the authors in ~600 BCE, and recorded what they believed at the time and culture, I do not believe the history described in the Pentateuch is not historically accurate, even though it may be based dome events in history before it was compiled after 600 BCE. I believe the dating of the compilation of the Pentateuch is based on extensive evidence."