Contradictions and Paradoxes in Joshua 9:11

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Joshua 9:11 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Joshua 9:11. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Joshua, the people from a nearby place tricked Joshua's people by pretending to be from far away and asking to be friends so they wouldn't be hurt. They brought supplies for the journey to seem honest, but they were really trying to protect themselves from being attacked.

Joshua 9:11: Wherefore our elders and all the inhabitants of our country spake to us, saying, Take victuals with you for the journey, and go to meet them, and say unto them, We [are] your servants: therefore now make ye a league with us. [with you: Heb. in your hand]

Contradiction with Exodus 34:12

This verse warns the Israelites not to make covenants with the inhabitants of the land, contradicting the treaty made in Joshua 9:11.

Exodus 34:12: Take heed to thyself, lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land whither thou goest, lest it be for a snare in the midst of thee:

Contradiction with Deuteronomy 7:2

This verse commands the Israelites to utterly destroy the nations and make no covenant with them, which opposes Joshua 9:11 where a treaty is made.

Deuteronomy 7:2: And when the LORD thy God shall deliver them before thee; thou shalt smite them, [and] utterly destroy them; thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor shew mercy unto them:

Contradiction with Deuteronomy 20:16-18

These verses instruct the Israelites to completely destroy certain nations and not let them live, contradicting the peace treaty in Joshua 9:11.

Deuteronomy 20:16-18: But of the cities of these people, which the LORD thy God doth give thee [for] an inheritance, thou shalt save alive nothing that breatheth:

Contradiction with Exodus 23:32-33

These verses prohibit making covenants with the inhabitants of the land, contrasting with the treaty made in Joshua 9:11.

Exodus 23:32-33: Thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor with their gods.

Contradiction with Numbers 33:55

This verse warns that not driving out inhabitants will cause trouble, which contrasts with the treaty agreement in Joshua 9:11.

Numbers 33:55: But if ye will not drive out the inhabitants of the land from before you; then it shall come to pass, that those which ye let remain of them [shall be] pricks in your eyes, and thorns in your sides, and shall vex you in the land wherein ye dwell.
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