Contradiction with Exodus 23:31
This verse discusses setting the borders of the land given to the ancestors, which may differ from the specifics in Joshua's detailed inheritance.
Exodus 23:31: And I will set thy bounds from the Red sea even unto the sea of the Philistines, and from the desert unto the river: for I will deliver the inhabitants of the land into your hand; and thou shalt drive them out before thee.
Contradiction with Numbers 26:52-56
These verses outline the division of the land by lot as commanded to Moses, which may differ from how land distribution is described in Joshua.
Numbers 26:52-56: And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
Contradiction with Deuteronomy 19:14
It commands not to move a neighbor's boundary marker, which could contrast with Joshua 15 regarding territorial delineations and historical territorial disputes.
Deuteronomy 19:14: Thou shalt not remove thy neighbour's landmark, which they of old time have set in thine inheritance, which thou shalt inherit in the land that the LORD thy God giveth thee to possess it.
Contradiction with Judges 1:21
Refers to the tribes not driving out the Jebusites, potentially conflicting with Joshua’s conquests and allocations of specific territories.
Judges 1:21: And the children of Benjamin did not drive out the Jebusites that inhabited Jerusalem; but the Jebusites dwell with the children of Benjamin in Jerusalem unto this day.
Contradiction with Judges 1:27
Mentions tribes that couldn't fully claim territories, contrasting with specific allotments supposedly completed in Joshua.
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.
Contradiction with Judges 2:1-3
Discusses the consequences of Israel's disobedience affecting land and covenant, contradicting the ideal divisions presented in Joshua.
Judges 2:1-3: And an angel of the LORD came up from Gilgal to Bochim, and said, I made you to go up out of Egypt, and have brought you unto the land which I sware unto your fathers; and I said, I will never break my covenant with you. [angel: or, messenger]
Contradiction with 1 Kings 9:16
Describes Pharaoh capturing and gifting a city, which may conflict with strict tribal inheritance recorded in Joshua.
1 Kings 9:16: [For] Pharaoh king of Egypt had gone up, and taken Gezer, and burnt it with fire, and slain the Canaanites that dwelt in the city, and given it [for] a present unto his daughter, Solomon's wife.
Contradiction with 2 Chronicles 8:8
Igorance to the expulsion of those who were not of Israel, perhaps challenging the complete conquest imagery presented.
2 Chronicles 8:8: [But] of their children, who were left after them in the land, whom the children of Israel consumed not, them did Solomon make to pay tribute until this day.
Contradiction with Nehemiah 9:8
Reflects on God’s promise of land to ancestors, suggesting incomplete or ongoing fulfillment contrasting Joshua's assignments.
Nehemiah 9:8: And foundest his heart faithful before thee, and madest a covenant with him to give the land of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Jebusites, and the Girgashites, to give [it, I say], to his seed, and hast performed thy words; for thou [art] righteous:
Contradiction with Psalm 78:55
Talks about God driving out nations before them, differing in detail from Joshua's historical allotments and conquests.
Psalm 78:55: He cast out the heathen also before them, and divided them an inheritance by line, and made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents.