Contradictions and Paradoxes in Joshua 9:2

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Joshua 9:2 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Joshua 9:2. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of the book, people from different places joined together as one big group to fight against Joshua and the people of Israel. They all agreed to work together to try and stop Joshua and Israel.

Joshua 9:2: That they gathered themselves together, to fight with Joshua and with Israel, with one accord. [accord: Heb. mouth]

Contradiction with Exodus 23:32

This verse advises against making covenants with the inhabitants of the land, contradicting the treaty made by Joshua with the Gibeonites in Joshua 9:2.

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

Contradiction with Deuteronomy 7:2

This verse commands the Israelites to utterly destroy the Canaanite nations and make no covenant with them, contrasting with the alliance formed in Joshua 9:2.

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

God's directive is to leave nothing alive in cities of certain nations, in opposition to the truce with the Gibeonites, who were inhabitants of Canaan.

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 34:12

Advises the Israelites to beware of making treaties with the inhabitants of the land, which conflicts with the actions described in Joshua 9:2.

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 Numbers 33:55

Warns that failing to drive out the inhabitants would result in them becoming adversaries, contradicting the covenant made in Joshua 9:2.

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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