Contradictions and Paradoxes in Joshua 24:18

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Joshua 24:18 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Joshua 24:18. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Joshua, God helped us by removing the people who were living in the land before us, like the Amorites. So, we should serve God because He is our God and takes care of us.

Joshua 24:18: And the LORD drave out from before us all the people, even the Amorites which dwelt in the land: [therefore] will we also serve the LORD; for he [is] our God.

Contradiction with Jeremiah 7:23

This verse instructs the Israelites to obey God's voice to be His people, implying that despite historical deliverance, obedience is what's required, not just acknowledgment of past deliverances.

Jeremiah 7:23: But this thing commanded I them, saying, Obey my voice, and I will be your God, and ye shall be my people: and walk ye in all the ways that I have commanded you, that it may be well unto you.

Contradiction with Jeremiah 11:7-8

Here, God states that despite His commands to obey from the time of the Exodus, the Israelites didn't listen, contradicting the claim of consistent servitude to God as implied by Joshua 24:18.

Jeremiah 11:7-8: For I earnestly protested unto your fathers in the day [that] I brought them up out of the land of Egypt, [even] unto this day, rising early and protesting, saying, Obey my voice.

Contradiction with Ezekiel 20:8

The Israelites are described as rebelling and not casting away detestable things during the Exodus, opposing the implication in Joshua 24:18 that they fully served the Lord after He drove out the Amorites.

Ezekiel 20:8: But they rebelled against me, and would not hearken unto me: they did not every man cast away the abominations of their eyes, neither did they forsake the idols of Egypt: then I said, I will pour out my fury upon them, to accomplish my anger against them in the midst of the land of Egypt.

Contradiction with Hosea 11:1-2

Despite God loving Israel and calling them out of Egypt, they turned away to sacrifices to Baalim, contradicting the notion of continued faithfulness suggested in Joshua 24:18.

Hosea 11:1-2: When Israel [was] a child, then I loved him, and called my son out of Egypt.

Contradiction with Psalm 78:10-11

These verses recount that the Israelites forgot God’s works and covenant, countering the implication of consistent gratitude and service to the Lord mentioned in Joshua 24:18.

Psalm 78:10-11: They kept not the covenant of God, and refused to walk in his law;

Contradiction with Nehemiah 9:17

Israelites are said to have been disobedient and refused to remember God's miracles, contradicting the faithful service implied in Joshua 24:18.

Nehemiah 9:17: And refused to obey, neither were mindful of thy wonders that thou didst among them; but hardened their necks, and in their rebellion appointed a captain to return to their bondage: but thou [art] a God ready to pardon, gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and forsookest them not. [a God...: Heb. a God of pardons]
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