Contradictions and Paradoxes in Joshua 24:6

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Joshua 24:6 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Joshua 24:6. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of Joshua, God helped the people’s families to escape from Egypt, and when they came to the big sea, the Egyptians chased them with horses and chariots. It shows how God rescued them from danger.

Joshua 24:6: And I brought your fathers out of Egypt: and ye came unto the sea; and the Egyptians pursued after your fathers with chariots and horsemen unto the Red sea.

Contradiction with Exodus 14:29

This verse states that the Israelites walked on dry land through the sea, contradicting the idea in Joshua 24:6 that they were brought to the sea where they were pursued by the Egyptians.

Exodus 14:29: But the children of Israel walked upon dry [land] in the midst of the sea; and the waters [were] a wall unto them on their right hand, and on their left.

Contradiction with Exodus 14:22

Describes the Israelites going into the midst of the sea on dry ground, not overtaken immediately by the Egyptians as implied in Joshua 24:6.

Exodus 14:22: And the children of Israel went into the midst of the sea upon the dry [ground]: and the waters [were] a wall unto them on their right hand, and on their left.

Contradiction with Exodus 15:19

Speaks of the children of Israel going on dry land in the midst of the sea, conflicting with the idea that they were caught by the Egyptians at the sea as per Joshua 24:6.

Exodus 15:19: For the horse of Pharaoh went in with his chariots and with his horsemen into the sea, and the LORD brought again the waters of the sea upon them; but the children of Israel went on dry [land] in the midst of the sea.
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