Contradictions and Paradoxes in Joshua 15:46

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Joshua 15:46 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Joshua 15:46. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of the Book of Joshua, God gave the Israelites new land to live in. This land was close to the sea and near a place called Ashdod.

Joshua 15:46: From Ekron even unto the sea, all that [lay] near Ashdod, with their villages: [near: Heb. by the place of]

Contradiction with Numbers 34:2-6

This passage outlines the boundaries of the land promised to the Israelites, which conflicts with the specific territorial assignments in Joshua 15:46.

Numbers 34:2-6: Command the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye come into the land of Canaan; (this [is] the land that shall fall unto you for an inheritance, [even] the land of Canaan with the coasts thereof:)

Contradiction with Judges 1:18

This verse states that the tribe of Judah did not capture certain coastal cities, contradicting the allocation of coastal territory in Joshua 15:46.

Judges 1:18: Also Judah took Gaza with the coast thereof, and Askelon with the coast thereof, and Ekron with the coast thereof.

Contradiction with Joshua 13:2-3

These verses mention territories that are yet to be conquered, conflicting with the assignment and assumed control over areas in Joshua 15:46.

Joshua 13:2-3: This [is] the land that yet remaineth: all the borders of the Philistines, and all Geshuri,

Contradiction with Psalm 105:11

Promises land to be inherited which seemingly contrasts with specific placements of control in Joshua 15:46.

Psalm 105:11: Saying, Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance: [lot: Heb. cord]

Contradiction with Deuteronomy 7:1-2

Commands to conquer and destroy certain peoples, potentially conflicting with the spared and allocated regions in Joshua 15:46.

Deuteronomy 7:1-2: When the LORD thy God shall bring thee into the land whither thou goest to possess it, and hath cast out many nations before thee, the Hittites, and the Girgashites, and the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, seven nations greater and mightier than thou;
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