Contradictions and Paradoxes in Joshua 9:8

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Joshua 9:8 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Joshua 9:8. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of the book of Joshua, this verse shows how people came to Joshua and said they wanted to serve him. Joshua, being careful, asked them who they were and where they came from because he wanted to understand if they could be trusted.

Joshua 9:8: And they said unto Joshua, We [are] thy servants. And Joshua said unto them, Who [are] ye? and from whence come ye?

Contradiction with 2 Corinthians 6:14

This verse advises not to make alliances with unbelievers, which contradicts Joshua 9:8 where Joshua listens to the Gibeonites and makes peace with them.

2 Corinthians 6:14: Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?

Contradiction with Exodus 23:32

This verse instructs not to make covenants with the inhabitants of the land, whereas in Joshua 9:8, Joshua engages in making a covenant with the Gibeonites.

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 nations before them and make no covenants, contrasting with Joshua's actions in Joshua 9:8.

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 20:16-17

These verses command the Israelites to completely destroy certain nations, unlike the treaty made in Joshua 9:8.

Deuteronomy 20:16-17: 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:
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