Contradictions and Paradoxes in Joshua 12:8

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Joshua 12:8 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Joshua 12:8. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Joshua, God gave His people many different lands where lots of different groups of people lived. This shows how God promised them a big and special place to call home.

Joshua 12:8: In the mountains, and in the valleys, and in the plains, and in the springs, and in the wilderness, and in the south country; the Hittites, the Amorites, and the Canaanites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites:

Contradiction with Genesis 13:15

Promises land to Abram and his seed "forever," contradicting the conquest and division of the land in Joshua 12:8.

Genesis 13:15: For all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed for ever.

Contradiction with Exodus 23:31

Describes the promised land with different borders than those mentioned in Joshua 12:8.

Exodus 23:31: And I will set thy bounds from the Red sea even unto the sea of the Philistines, and from the desert unto the river: for I will deliver the inhabitants of the land into your hand; and thou shalt drive them out before thee.

Contradiction with Numbers 33:53

Instructs Israelites to dispossess the inhabitants of the land, while Joshua 12:8 summarizes the conquered lands.

Numbers 33:53: And ye shall dispossess [the inhabitants] of the land, and dwell therein: for I have given you the land to possess it.

Contradiction with Deuteronomy 11:24

Provides different territorial boundaries for Israel than those conquered and listed in Joshua 12:8.

Deuteronomy 11:24: Every place whereon the soles of your feet shall tread shall be yours: from the wilderness and Lebanon, from the river, the river Euphrates, even unto the uttermost sea shall your coast be.

Contradiction with Judges 1:19

Mentions that Judah could not drive out the inhabitants of the valley, in contrast to the complete conquest described in Joshua 12:8.

Judges 1:19: And the LORD was with Judah; and he drave out [the inhabitants of] the mountain; but could not drive out the inhabitants of the valley, because they had chariots of iron. [drave...: or, possessed the mountain]

Contradiction with Judges 2:21-22

States that God did not drive out all the nations quickly, unlike the comprehensive list of conquests in Joshua 12:8.

Judges 2:21-22: I also will not henceforth drive out any from before them of the nations which Joshua left when he died:
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