Contradictions and Paradoxes in Joshua 8:32

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Joshua 8:32 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Joshua 8:32. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of Joshua, this verse means that Joshua wrote down God's rules on big stones where everyone could see them. This was done so that all the people of Israel would remember and follow God's teachings.

Joshua 8:32: And he wrote there upon the stones a copy of the law of Moses, which he wrote in the presence of the children of Israel.

Contradiction with Exodus 34:1

In Exodus, God commands Moses to chisel out stone tablets and write on them, which contrasts Joshua 8:32 where Joshua writes on stones himself.

Exodus 34:1: And the LORD said unto Moses, Hew thee two tables of stone like unto the first: and I will write upon [these] tables the words that were in the first tables, which thou brakest.

Contradiction with Deuteronomy 11:20

Here, the Israelites are instructed to write God's words on doorposts and gates, whereas in Joshua 8:32, Joshua writes the law on stones specifically.

Deuteronomy 11:20: And thou shalt write them upon the door posts of thine house, and upon thy gates:

Contradiction with Hebrews 8:10

This verse speaks of God writing His laws in the hearts and minds, differing from Joshua 8:32 where the law is inscribed on physical stones.

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]

Contradiction with 2 Corinthians 3:3

Paul talks about the law being written on human hearts, not on tablets of stone like in Joshua 8:32.

2 Corinthians 3:3: [Forasmuch as ye are] manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tables of stone, but in fleshy tables of the heart.
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