Contradictions and Paradoxes in Joshua 3:1

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Joshua 3:1 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Joshua 3:1. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of the book, Joshua got up early and led the Israelites from a place called Shittim to the Jordan River. They stopped and stayed there for a while before crossing the river.

Joshua 3:1: And Joshua rose early in the morning; and they removed from Shittim, and came to Jordan, he and all the children of Israel, and lodged there before they passed over.

Contradiction with Numbers 14:22-23

Joshua 3:1 describes Israel preparing to enter the Promised Land, but Numbers 14:22-23 states that the current generation of Israelites would not see the Promised Land due to their disobedience.

Numbers 14:22-23: Because all those men which have seen my glory, and my miracles, which I did in Egypt and in the wilderness, and have tempted me now these ten times, and have not hearkened to my voice;

Contradiction with Deuteronomy 1:34-35

In Joshua 3:1, the Israelites set out to cross into the Promised Land, yet Deuteronomy 1:34-35 records God’s oath that the disobedient generation would not enter the land.

Deuteronomy 1:34-35: And the LORD heard the voice of your words, and was wroth, and sware, saying,

Contradiction with Deuteronomy 2:14

Joshua 3:1 depicts the Israelites on the brink of entering the Promised Land, while Deuteronomy 2:14 explains that they wandered for 38 years because that generation had to perish before entering.

Deuteronomy 2:14: And the space in which we came from Kadeshbarnea, until we were come over the brook Zered, [was] thirty and eight years; until all the generation of the men of war were wasted out from among the host, as the LORD sware unto them. [brook: or, valley]
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