Contradictions and Paradoxes in Joshua 18:24

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Joshua 18:24 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Joshua 18:24. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of the book of Joshua, this verse tells about some of the places that the Israelites lived a long time ago. It's like naming towns and the small areas around them where people made their homes.

Joshua 18:24: And Chepharhaammonai, and Ophni, and Gaba; twelve cities with their villages:

Contradiction with Joshua 13:8

Joshua 18:24 lists specific cities as part of the inheritance of Benjamin, which may conflict with territories assigned to other tribes.

Joshua 13:8: With whom the Reubenites and the Gadites have received their inheritance, which Moses gave them, beyond Jordan eastward, [even] as Moses the servant of the LORD gave them;

Contradiction with Numbers 34:13

Joshua 18:24 describes land distribution inconsistent with earlier boundaries described in Numbers.

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 34:4

Deuteronomy mentions boundaries promised to other descendants of Israel that seem contradictory to allocations in Joshua 18:24.

Deuteronomy 34:4: And the LORD said unto him, This [is] the land which I sware unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, saying, I will give it unto thy seed: I have caused thee to see [it] with thine eyes, but thou shalt not go over thither.

Contradiction with Judges 1:21

Judges mentions areas where the tribe of Benjamin did not drive out inhabitants, contrary to complete conquest implications in Joshua 18:24.

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 Joshua 19:9

Joshua 18:24 allocates cities that are listed again in Joshua 19 as part of Judah's portion, presenting potential inconsistencies.

Joshua 19:9: Out of the portion of the children of Judah [was] the inheritance of the children of Simeon: for the part of the children of Judah was too much for them: therefore the children of Simeon had their inheritance within the inheritance of them.
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