Contradiction with Judges 11:13-15
These verses claim that Israel took the land from the Ammonites, not the Amorites, suggesting a different historical narrative about the land's possession.
Judges 11:13-15: And the king of the children of Ammon answered unto the messengers of Jephthah, Because Israel took away my land, when they came up out of Egypt, from Arnon even unto Jabbok, and unto Jordan: now therefore restore those [lands] again peaceably.
Contradiction with Judges 11:22
States that Israel possessed land from the Arnon to the Jabbok, contrary to the specific tribal allocations outlined in Joshua 13:25.
Judges 11:22: And they possessed all the coasts of the Amorites, from Arnon even unto Jabbok, and from the wilderness even unto Jordan.
Contradiction with Numbers 21:24
Suggests that the land was taken from the Amorites, while Joshua 13:25 references the land as part of the possession given.
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 Deuteronomy 2:37
Indicates that Israelites did not take land from the Ammonites, contradicting Joshua 13:25 where land of Ammon is mentioned.
Deuteronomy 2:37: Only unto the land of the children of Ammon thou camest not, [nor] unto any place of the river Jabbok, nor unto the cities in the mountains, nor unto whatsoever the LORD our God forbad us.
Contradiction with Joshua 22:9
Describes the tribes leaving Shiloh to return to Gilead, but does not directly align with the geographical allocation mentioned in Joshua 13:25.
Joshua 22:9: And the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh returned, and departed from the children of Israel out of Shiloh, which [is] in the land of Canaan, to go unto the country of Gilead, to the land of their possession, whereof they were possessed, according to the word of the LORD by the hand of Moses.