Contradictions and Paradoxes in Joshua 16:8

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Joshua 16:8 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Joshua 16:8. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the writer of the Book of Joshua, this verse is telling us that God gave a special piece of land to the family of Ephraim, and it describes the borders of that land. It's like a map telling them where their home would be.

Joshua 16:8: The border went out from Tappuah westward unto the river Kanah; and the goings out thereof were at the sea. This [is] the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Ephraim by their families.

Contradiction with Joshua 16:4

This verse states that the border went out to the sea, while Joshua 16:8 indicates it goes along a specific detail of territory.

Joshua 16:4: So the children of Joseph, Manasseh and Ephraim, took their inheritance.

Contradiction with Numbers 34:6

Describes the western border of the land as the Great Sea, contrasting with the detailed boundary given in Joshua 16:8.

Numbers 34:6: And [as for] the western border, ye shall even have the great sea for a border: this shall be your west border.

Contradiction with Deuteronomy 3:17

Lists Jordan River as a boundary, which does not align with the specific locations mentioned in Joshua 16:8.

Deuteronomy 3:17: The plain also, and Jordan, and the coast [thereof], from Chinnereth even unto the sea of the plain, [even] the salt sea, under Ashdothpisgah eastward. [Ashdothpisgah; or, the springs of Pisgah, or, the hill]

Contradiction with Ezekiel 47:20

Provides a different set of geographical boundaries for the land that doesn't match with the border described in Joshua 16:8.

Ezekiel 47:20: The west side also [shall be] the great sea from the border, till a man come over against Hamath. This [is] the west side.
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