Contradictions and Paradoxes in Deuteronomy 1:8

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Deuteronomy 1:8 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Deuteronomy 1:8. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Moses, God is telling the people that He has given them a special land, and they should go and take it because He promised it long ago to their ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. God wants to keep His promise to them and their children.

Deuteronomy 1:8: Behold, I have set the land before you: go in and possess the land which the LORD sware unto your fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, to give unto them and to their seed after them. [set: Heb. given]

Contradiction with Acts 10:34-35

Deuteronomy 1:8 describes God's promise to a specific ethnic group, whereas Acts 10:34-35 emphasizes that God does not show favoritism and accepts people from every nation.

Acts 10:34-35: Then Peter opened [his] mouth, and said, Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons:

Contradiction with Galatians 3:28

Deuteronomy 1:8 highlights a promise to a specific lineage, but Galatians 3:28 states that there is no longer Jew or Gentile, contradicting the notion of a specific ethnic inheritance.

Galatians 3:28: There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.

Contradiction with Matthew 5:5

Deuteronomy 1:8 promises land to specific descendants, whereas Matthew 5:5 states that the meek (in general) shall inherit the earth, suggesting a broader and different group of inheritors.

Matthew 5:5: Blessed [are] the meek: for they shall inherit the earth.

Contradiction with Romans 4:13

Deuteronomy 1:8 speaks of inheriting a specific physical land, but Romans 4:13 refers to the promise to Abraham and his descendants being the heir of the world, which is a more expansive promise.

Romans 4:13: For the promise, that he should be the heir of the world, [was] not to Abraham, or to his seed, through the law, but through the righteousness of faith.

Contradiction with Hebrews 11:16

Deuteronomy 1:8 refers to tangible land, while Hebrews 11:16 speaks of a heavenly country, emphasizing a spiritual inheritance rather than a physical one.

Hebrews 11:16: But now they desire a better [country], that is, an heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God: for he hath prepared for them a city.
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