Contradictions and Paradoxes in Deuteronomy 2:23

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Deuteronomy 2:23 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Deuteronomy 2:23. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Moses, who is believed to have written this book, God let the Caphtorims take over the land of the Avims because He had different plans for the people who lived there. This shows that God has a plan for where people should live, even if it means moving others.

Deuteronomy 2:23: And the Avims which dwelt in Hazerim, [even] unto Azzah, the Caphtorims, which came forth out of Caphtor, destroyed them, and dwelt in their stead.)

Contradiction with Joshua 11:23

This verse indicates that Joshua took the whole land, whereas Deuteronomy 2:23 suggests otherwise regarding the control of specific lands by different peoples.

Joshua 11:23: So Joshua took the whole land, according to all that the LORD said unto Moses; and Joshua gave it for an inheritance unto Israel according to their divisions by their tribes. And the land rested from war.

Contradiction with Judges 1:21

This verse suggests that the Jebusites were not wholly driven out, contrasting with the idea in Deuteronomy 2:23 of territorial changes.

Judges 1:21: And the children of Benjamin did not drive out the Jebusites that inhabited Jerusalem; but the Jebusites dwell with the children of Benjamin in Jerusalem unto this day.

Contradiction with Numbers 21:24

This verse says Israel took all the Amorite cities, conflicting with Deuteronomy 2:23’s implication about previously held territories by the Caphtorims.

Numbers 21:24: And Israel smote him with the edge of the sword, and possessed his land from Arnon unto Jabbok, even unto the children of Ammon: for the border of the children of Ammon [was] strong.

Contradiction with Acts 7:45

This verse conveys that the Israelites dispossessed nations before them, diverging from Deuteronomy 2:23's timeline of prior inhabitation changes.

Acts 7:45: Which also our fathers that came after brought in with Jesus into the possession of the Gentiles, whom God drave out before the face of our fathers, unto the days of David; [that...: or, having received]

Contradiction with Deuteronomy 1:4

This suggests Sihon and Og were defeated and their lands taken, opposing Deuteronomy 2:23’s suggestion of sequential inhabitation by others earlier.

Deuteronomy 1:4: After he had slain Sihon the king of the Amorites, which dwelt in Heshbon, and Og the king of Bashan, which dwelt at Astaroth in Edrei:

Contradiction with Genesis 15:19-21

Mentions existing Canaanite tribes promised to Abraham, contrasting with Deuteronomy 2:23’s account of movements by the Caphtorims.

Genesis 15:19-21: The Kenites, and the Kenizzites, and the Kadmonites,
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