Contradiction with Exodus 22:18
This verse commands not to suffer a witch to live, contrasting with Joshua 13:22 which mentions Balaam, a soothsayer, being slain.
Exodus 22:18: Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live.
Contradiction with Deuteronomy 18:10-12
These verses condemn divination and witchcraft, contradicting with Joshua 13:22 which mentions Balaam who practiced such acts.
Deuteronomy 18:10-12: There shall not be found among you [any one] that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, [or] that useth divination, [or] an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch,
Contradiction with 1 Samuel 28:3
States that Saul had put away those with familiar spirits and wizards, conflicting with Joshua 13:22 referencing Balaam, a practitioner of divination, before his death.
1 Samuel 28:3: Now Samuel was dead, and all Israel had lamented him, and buried him in Ramah, even in his own city. And Saul had put away those that had familiar spirits, and the wizards, out of the land.
Contradiction with Micah 5:12
The prophecy to cut off witchcraft from the land is at odds with Joshua 13:22 highlighting Balaam's fate as a diviner being slain rather than naturally removed.
Micah 5:12: And I will cut off witchcrafts out of thine hand; and thou shalt have no [more] soothsayers: