Contradictions and Paradoxes in Joshua 9:23

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Joshua 9:23 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Joshua 9:23. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of the book of Joshua, this verse means that some people tricked Joshua, so now they have to work hard forever, cutting wood and carrying water for God's house. It's like a punishment for not being honest.

Joshua 9:23: Now therefore ye [are] cursed, and there shall none of you be freed from being bondmen, and hewers of wood and drawers of water for the house of my God. [none...: Heb. not be cut off from you]

Contradiction with Exodus 23:32

This verse commands not to make covenants with inhabitants of the land, but Joshua 9:23 involves the Gibeonites who are under a covenant.

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

Contradiction with Deuteronomy 7:2

This verse instructs not to show mercy to inhabitants, whereas Joshua shows leniency to the Gibeonites.

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 2 Samuel 21:1-2

This passage highlights a curse on Israel due to Saul's breach of covenant, contrasting with the accepted subjugation of the Gibeonites in Joshua 9:23.

2 Samuel 21:1-2: Then there was a famine in the days of David three years, year after year; and David enquired of the LORD. And the LORD answered, [It is] for Saul, and for [his] bloody house, because he slew the Gibeonites. [enquired...: Heb. sought the face, etc]
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