Contradiction with Exodus 20:4
This verse prohibits making graven images or memorials, which seems to contrast with Joshua 4:7 where stones are set up as a memorial.
Exodus 20:4: Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness [of any thing] that [is] in heaven above, or that [is] in the earth beneath, or that [is] in the water under the earth:
Contradiction with Deuteronomy 12:3
This verse commands the destruction of memorials or sacred stones, conflicting with the erection and preservation of memorial stones in Joshua 4:7.
Deuteronomy 12:3: And ye shall overthrow their altars, and break their pillars, and burn their groves with fire; and ye shall hew down the graven images of their gods, and destroy the names of them out of that place. [overthrow: Heb. break down]
Contradiction with Isaiah 2:18
This verse speaks of abolishing idols and memorials, which appears to contradict the establishment of a stone memorial in Joshua 4:7.
Isaiah 2:18: And the idols he shall utterly abolish. [he...: or, shall utterly pass away]
Contradiction with 2 Kings 18:4
This verse recounts the destruction of bronze serpents and other religious symbols due to idolatry, contrasting with maintaining a memorial as instructed in Joshua 4:7.
2 Kings 18:4: He removed the high places, and brake the images, and cut down the groves, and brake in pieces the brasen serpent that Moses had made: for unto those days the children of Israel did burn incense to it: and he called it Nehushtan. [images: Heb. statues] [Nehushtan: that is, A piece of brass]
Contradiction with Jeremiah 10:3-4
These verses criticize the practices of setting up and decorating objects made by hands, conflicting with setting stones as a memorial in Joshua 4:7.
Jeremiah 10:3-4: For the customs of the people [are] vain: for [one] cutteth a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman, with the axe. [customs...: Heb. statutes, or, ordinances are vanity]