Contradictions and Paradoxes in Joshua 13:12

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Joshua 13:12 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Joshua 13:12. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of the book of Joshua, this verse tells us that Moses and his people fought and defeated a giant king named Og in a place called Bashan. They conquered his land and moved the giants out, showing how they listened to God's direction to take over the land.

Joshua 13:12: All the kingdom of Og in Bashan, which reigned in Ashtaroth and in Edrei, who remained of the remnant of the giants: for these did Moses smite, and cast them out.

Contradiction with Numbers 21:35

This verse describes the Israelites defeating Sihon and Og, leaving no survivors, which contradicts the claim in Joshua 13:12 that areas remained that were not conquered, including the lands of Og in Bashan.

Numbers 21:35: So they smote him, and his sons, and all his people, until there was none left him alive: and they possessed his land.

Contradiction with Deuteronomy 3:11

This verse states that Og, king of Bashan, was the only remnant of the giants left, implying there were no more giants, which contrasts with Joshua 13:12, where the remnants of giants are said to remain in Bashan.

Deuteronomy 3:11: For only Og king of Bashan remained of the remnant of giants; behold, his bedstead [was] a bedstead of iron; [is] it not in Rabbath of the children of Ammon? nine cubits [was] the length thereof, and four cubits the breadth of it, after the cubit of a man.
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