Contradictions and Paradoxes in Joshua 13:3

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Joshua 13:3 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Joshua 13:3. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of the book of Joshua, this verse tells us about the land that God wanted the Israelites to have, which included areas where the Philistines and other groups lived. It was like a map showing which places God promised to them.

Joshua 13:3: From Sihor, which [is] before Egypt, even unto the borders of Ekron northward, [which] is counted to the Canaanite: five lords of the Philistines; the Gazathites, and the Ashdothites, the Eshkalonites, the Gittites, and the Ekronites; also the Avites:

Contradiction with Joshua 11:23

Joshua 11:23 mentions that Joshua took the whole land, which seems to contradict Joshua 13:3 that lists territories not yet conquered.

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 3:1-2

Judges 3:1-2 indicates that some nations were deliberately left unconquered to test Israel, which contradicts the idea of remaining unconquered lands in Joshua 13:3 due to incompletion.

Judges 3:1-2: Now these [are] the nations which the LORD left, to prove Israel by them, [even] as many [of Israel] as had not known all the wars of Canaan;

Paradox #1

There could be a contradiction regarding the territories described. The verse mentions specific regions that were to be conquered, but historically, it's unclear if these areas were ever fully controlled by the Israelites as described, leading to possible inconsistencies between the biblical account and archaeological findings.

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