Contradictions and Paradoxes in Joshua 24:26

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Joshua 24:26 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Joshua 24:26. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the book of Joshua, Joshua wanted to remind everyone of the promises and rules they agreed to with God. He put up a big stone under a tree to help people remember what was written in God's book.

Joshua 24:26: And Joshua wrote these words in the book of the law of God, and took a great stone, and set it up there under an oak, that [was] by the sanctuary of the LORD.

Contradiction with Deuteronomy 31:24

Joshua 24:26 mentions Joshua writing in the book of the law of God, while Deuteronomy 31:24 states Moses completed the writing of the law, suggesting a contradiction in authorship.

Deuteronomy 31:24: And it came to pass, when Moses had made an end of writing the words of this law in a book, until they were finished,

Contradiction with Exodus 34:27

Indicates that Moses wrote the words of the covenant, contradicting Joshua 24:26 where Joshua writes the words in the book of the law of God.

Exodus 34:27: And the LORD said unto Moses, Write thou these words: for after the tenor of these words I have made a covenant with thee and with Israel.

Contradiction with Jeremiah 31:33

This verse speaks of God's law being written on hearts rather than in books, contradicting the concept in Joshua 24:26 of writing in a physical book.

Jeremiah 31:33: But this [shall be] the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the LORD, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people.

Contradiction with Hebrews 8:10

Similar to Jeremiah 31:33, it mentions God's laws written in minds and hearts rather than on tablets or in books, contradicting the literal recording in Joshua 24:26.

Hebrews 8:10: For this [is] the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people: [put: Gr. give] [in: or, upon]
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