Contradictions and Paradoxes in Joshua 23:8

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Joshua 23:8 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Joshua 23:8. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of the book of Joshua, this verse means that people should stay close to God and keep following Him just like they have been doing. It's like holding on tight to someone you trust and love very much.

Joshua 23:8: But cleave unto the LORD your God, as ye have done unto this day. [But cleave...: or, For if ye will cleave, etc]

Contradiction with Exodus 23:32-33

These verses advise against making covenants with the inhabitants of the land, suggesting separation rather than cleaving as advised in Joshua 23:8.

Exodus 23:32-33: Thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor with their gods.

Contradiction with 2 Kings 17:15

This verse mentions that the people rejected God's statutes, contrasting the encouragement in Joshua 23:8 to cleave unto the Lord.

2 Kings 17:15: And they rejected his statutes, and his covenant that he made with their fathers, and his testimonies which he testified against them; and they followed vanity, and became vain, and went after the heathen that [were] round about them, [concerning] whom the LORD had charged them, that they should not do like them.

Contradiction with Galatians 1:6

This verse discusses turning away from the gospel, contrasting with steadfastness to the Lord in Joshua 23:8.

Galatians 1:6: I marvel that ye are so soon removed from him that called you into the grace of Christ unto another gospel:

Contradiction with 2 Corinthians 6:14

Advises not being unequally yoked with unbelievers, which contrasts with the idea of cleaving or holding fast to diverse groups as implied in the surrounding text of Joshua 23.

2 Corinthians 6:14: Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?
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