Contradictions and Paradoxes in Joshua 14:1

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Joshua 14:1 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Joshua 14:1. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Joshua, this verse tells how the land was given to the people of Israel in Canaan. The leaders, including a priest named Eleazar and Joshua himself, helped to divide the land among the families.

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 Numbers 34:13

This verse specifies the land distribution among nine and a half tribes, but does not mention Eleazar or Joshua, creating an apparent discrepancy with Joshua 14:1 which mentions them.

Numbers 34:13: And Moses commanded the children of Israel, saying, This [is] the land which ye shall inherit by lot, which the LORD commanded to give unto the nine tribes, and to the half tribe:

Contradiction with Deuteronomy 3:12-17

These verses discuss the allocation of lands east of Jordan to Reuben, Gad, and half-tribe of Manasseh, slightly differing in allocation specifics compared to Joshua 14:1's reference to land west of Jordan.

Deuteronomy 3:12-17: And this land, [which] we possessed at that time, from Aroer, which [is] by the river Arnon, and half mount Gilead, and the cities thereof, gave I unto the Reubenites and to the Gadites.
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