Contradictions and Paradoxes in Deuteronomy 29:8

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Deuteronomy 29:8 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Deuteronomy 29:8. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Moses, God helped the Israelites take the land and then shared it with the Reubenites, the Gadites, and half of the Manasseh tribe. This is like God giving a special gift of land to these groups to live on.

Deuteronomy 29:8: And we took their land, and gave it for an inheritance unto the Reubenites, and to the Gadites, and to the half tribe of Manasseh.

Contradiction with Deuteronomy 2:19

Deuteronomy 29:8 mentions possessing the land of the Amorites, while Deuteronomy 2:19 instructs not to harass or contend with the Ammonites for their land.

Deuteronomy 2:19: And [when] thou comest nigh over against the children of Ammon, distress them not, nor meddle with them: for I will not give thee of the land of the children of Ammon [any] possession; because I have given it unto the children of Lot [for] a possession.

Contradiction with Joshua 13:1-2

Deuteronomy 29:8 records the possession of Amorite land, whereas Joshua 13:1-2 states that much of the land remains to be possessed.

Joshua 13:1-2: Now Joshua was old [and] stricken in years; and the LORD said unto him, Thou art old [and] stricken in years, and there remaineth yet very much land to be possessed. [to...: Heb. to possess it]

Contradiction with Psalm 105:44

Deuteronomy 29:8 speaks of land taken by their might, while Psalm 105:44 describes them receiving lands without labor.

Psalm 105:44: And gave them the lands of the heathen: and they inherited the labour of the people;
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