Contradictions and Paradoxes in Joshua 9:9

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

According to the author of the book of Joshua, the people were saying they traveled from a faraway place because they had heard about the great things God did in Egypt. They came because they wanted to honor and be friends with God's people.

Joshua 9:9: And they said unto him, From a very far country thy servants are come because of the name of the LORD thy God: for we have heard the fame of him, and all that he did in Egypt,

Contradiction with Joshua 9:24

This verse reveals that the Gibeonites deceived Joshua and the Israelites out of fear, which contrasts with their claim in Joshua 9:9 of coming from a far country because of the LORD.

Joshua 9:24: And they answered Joshua, and said, Because it was certainly told thy servants, how that the LORD thy God commanded his servant Moses to give you all the land, and to destroy all the inhabitants of the land from before you, therefore we were sore afraid of our lives because of you, and have done this thing.

Contradiction with Exodus 34:12

God warns the Israelites not to make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, contradicting the Gibeonites' intent to form a covenant under false pretenses in Joshua 9:9.

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:

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