Contradictions and Paradoxes in Joshua 22:5

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Joshua 22:5 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Joshua 22:5. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Joshua, it's really important to listen carefully and do what God tells us, just like Moses said. We should love God, follow Him, obey His rules, and stay close to Him with all our heart and soul.

Joshua 22:5: But take diligent heed to do the commandment and the law, which Moses the servant of the LORD charged you, to love the LORD your God, and to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and to cleave unto him, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul.

Contradiction with Matthew 5:44

While Joshua 22:5 emphasizes adherence to specific commandments and devotion to God, Matthew 5:44 emphasizes love for enemies and prayer for persecutors, which can contrast with the idea of strict adherence and separation from those outside the faith.

Matthew 5:44: But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;

Contradiction with Exodus 21:24

Joshua 22:5 encourages keeping the law and loving God wholeheartedly, whereas Exodus 21:24's "eye for eye" notion contradicts the concept of compassion and mercy that might be inferred from wholehearted love.

Exodus 21:24: Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,

Contradiction with Romans 10:4

While Joshua 22:5 emphasizes keeping the commandments as crucial, Romans 10:4 suggests that Christ is the fulfillment and end of the law for righteousness, which can oppose the OT focus on the law.

Romans 10:4: For Christ [is] the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth.

Contradiction with Galatians 2:16

This verse contradicts Joshua 22:5 by stating that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by faith in Jesus Christ, suggesting a departure from strict adherence to old commandments.

Galatians 2:16: Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the law: for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified.

Contradiction with 1 Corinthians 13:2

While Joshua 22:5 centers on obeying commandments and loving God with all one's heart, 1 Corinthians 13:2 suggests that without love, even great faith and works are meaningless, hinting at a different core emphasis.

1 Corinthians 13:2: And though I have [the gift of] prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing.
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