Contradictions and Paradoxes in Joshua 21:41

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Joshua 21:41 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Joshua 21:41. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of the book of Joshua, God gave the Levite priests 48 cities to live in among the land where the other families of Israel lived. These cities were special places for the priests to use for their work and for their families.

Joshua 21:41: All the cities of the Levites within the possession of the children of Israel [were] forty and eight cities with their suburbs.

Contradiction with Numbers 35:7

States a total of 48 Levitical cities, but Joshua 21:41 also mentions 48 cities, causing no direct contradiction.

Numbers 35:7: [So] all the cities which ye shall give to the Levites [shall be] forty and eight cities: them [shall ye give] with their suburbs.

Contradiction with Joshua 19:9

It mentions that Judah's territory was too large for them, which can indirectly contradict the allocation completeness suggested by Joshua 21:41.

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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