Contradictions and Paradoxes in Joshua 13:32

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Joshua 13:32 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Joshua 13:32. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of the book of Joshua, these lands were given by Moses to the people so they could have a place to live. This happened in a flat area near the big river Jordan and the city Jericho.

Joshua 13:32: These [are the countries] which Moses did distribute for inheritance in the plains of Moab, on the other side Jordan, by Jericho, eastward.

Contradiction with Numbers 33:53

This verse speaks of taking possession of the land by driving out inhabitants, whereas Joshua 13:32 mentions lands given as inheritance without detailing the removal of inhabitants.

Numbers 33:53: And ye shall dispossess [the inhabitants] of the land, and dwell therein: for I have given you the land to possess it.

Contradiction with Deuteronomy 1:8

God commands taking the land by possessing it, whereas Joshua 13:32 discusses division and inheritance of a portion that may not involve active conquest.

Deuteronomy 1:8: Behold, I have set the land before you: go in and possess the land which the LORD sware unto your fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, to give unto them and to their seed after them. [set: Heb. given]

Contradiction with Joshua 11:23

States Joshua took the whole land, whereas Joshua 13:32 only references the specific inheritance to tribes, suggesting incompleteness in possession.

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.
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