Contradictions and Paradoxes in Joshua 19:49

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Joshua 19:49 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Joshua 19:49. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of the book of Joshua, after everyone got their share of the land, the people of Israel gave Joshua, their leader, a special piece of land too because he helped them so much. This shows how much they respected and appreciated him.

Joshua 19:49: When they had made an end of dividing the land for inheritance by their coasts, the children of Israel gave an inheritance to Joshua the son of Nun among them:

Contradiction with 2 Samuel 7:10

This verse speaks about God appointing a place for His people Israel and planting them so they can dwell in their own place and not be disturbed, implying a singular place, whereas Joshua 19:49 marks the division of multiple inheritances within the land.

2 Samuel 7:10: Moreover I will appoint a place for my people Israel, and will plant them, that they may dwell in a place of their own, and move no more; neither shall the children of wickedness afflict them any more, as beforetime,

Contradiction with Hebrews 11:9

This verse describes Abraham living in the promised land as a stranger in tents, suggesting continual sojourning and lack of ownership contrasted with the fixed inheritance divisions in Joshua 19:49.

Hebrews 11:9: By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as [in] a strange country, dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise:

Contradiction with Acts 7:5

This verse indicates God gave Abraham no inheritance in the land, not even a footstep, which conflicts with the definitive inheritance allocations described in Joshua 19:49.

Acts 7:5: And he gave him none inheritance in it, no, not [so much as] to set his foot on: yet he promised that he would give it to him for a possession, and to his seed after him, when [as yet] he had no child.

Contradiction with Genesis 15:18

This verse promises the land from the river of Egypt to the Euphrates to Abram's seed, a vast territory not confined to the specific divisions outlined in Joshua 19:49.

Genesis 15:18: In the same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates:
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