Contradictions and Paradoxes in Joshua 21:42

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Joshua 21:42 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Joshua 21:42. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of the book of Joshua, this verse tells us that each city had its own area or space around it. It was like how a house has a backyard and front yard, and all these cities were arranged like that.

Joshua 21:42: These cities were every one with their suburbs round about them: thus [were] all these cities.

Contradiction with Judges 2:1-3

This passage indicates that God did not drive out all the inhabitants of the land, contradicting the notion that all had rest.

Judges 2:1-3: And an angel of the LORD came up from Gilgal to Bochim, and said, I made you to go up out of Egypt, and have brought you unto the land which I sware unto your fathers; and I said, I will never break my covenant with you. [angel: or, messenger]

Contradiction with Judges 3:1-4

It states that several nations were left to test Israel, suggesting not all lands had rest.

Judges 3:1-4: Now these [are] the nations which the LORD left, to prove Israel by them, [even] as many [of Israel] as had not known all the wars of Canaan;

Contradiction with Joshua 13:1-6

The text mentions lands and peoples yet to be conquered, opposing the idea of complete rest.

Joshua 13:1-6: Now Joshua was old [and] stricken in years; and the LORD said unto him, Thou art old [and] stricken in years, and there remaineth yet very much land to be possessed. [to...: Heb. to possess it]

Contradiction with Judges 1:21

The verse explains how the Jebusites were not driven out of Jerusalem, contradicting the idea that the land is at rest.

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 Judges 1:27-28

This passage indicates various Canaanite groups continued to live in the land, against the notion of full rest.

Judges 1:27-28: Neither did Manasseh drive out [the inhabitants of] Bethshean and her towns, nor Taanach and her towns, nor the inhabitants of Dor and her towns, nor the inhabitants of Ibleam and her towns, nor the inhabitants of Megiddo and her towns: but the Canaanites would dwell in that land.
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