Contradictions and Paradoxes in Joshua 13:7

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Joshua 13:7 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Joshua 13:7. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of the book of Joshua, God told Joshua to share the land among the nine tribes and half of the Manasseh tribe so everyone could have their own place to live. It's like when you divide candies among your friends so everyone gets some.

Joshua 13:7: Now therefore divide this land for an inheritance unto the nine tribes, and the half tribe of Manasseh,

Contradiction with Joshua 14:1

This verse indicates the land was distributed among the tribes by lot, contrary to God instructing Joshua to divide it.

Joshua 14:1: And these [are the countries] which the children of Israel inherited in the land of Canaan, which Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel, distributed for inheritance to them.

Contradiction with Joshua 11:23

States that Joshua took the whole land, which contradicts the statement in Joshua 13:7 that there remains a portion to be divided.

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 1:27

Describes failure to drive out Canaanites, indicating incomplete land possession versus the division command.

Judges 1:27: Neither did Manasseh drive out [the inhabitants of] Bethshean and her towns, nor Taanach and her towns, nor the inhabitants of Dor and her towns, nor the inhabitants of Ibleam and her towns, nor the inhabitants of Megiddo and her towns: but the Canaanites would dwell in that land.
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