Contradictions and Paradoxes in Joshua 13:30

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Joshua 13:30 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Joshua 13:30. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of the book, Joshua, this verse tells us about the land given to some of God's people, which included many towns and a kingdom led by a man named Og. It's like when someone gives you a lot of space to live and play, full of interesting places to explore.

Joshua 13:30: And their coast was from Mahanaim, all Bashan, all the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, and all the towns of Jair, which [are] in Bashan, threescore cities:

Contradiction with Numbers 32:39-42

Explains different towns taken by Jair, conflicting with the assignment of Bashan in Joshua 13:30.

Numbers 32:39-42: And the children of Machir the son of Manasseh went to Gilead, and took it, and dispossessed the Amorite which [was] in it.

Contradiction with 1 Chronicles 2:22

Contradicts the number of Havoth-jair cities mentioned in Joshua 13:30.

1 Chronicles 2:22: And Segub begat Jair, who had three and twenty cities in the land of Gilead.

Contradiction with Deuteronomy 3:14

Provides a different account of Jair taking the land, conflicting in territorial details with Joshua 13:30.

Deuteronomy 3:14: Jair the son of Manasseh took all the country of Argob unto the coasts of Geshuri and Maachathi; and called them after his own name, Bashanhavothjair, unto this day.

Contradiction with Judges 10:3-4

Contradicts by describing a different number of cities possessed by Jair in the region mentioned in Joshua 13:30.

Judges 10:3-4: And after him arose Jair, a Gileadite, and judged Israel twenty and two years.
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