Contradictions and Paradoxes in Judges 2:8

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Judges 2:8 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Judges 2:8. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of the book of Judges, Joshua was a special helper of God and he lived to be very old, 110 years. Joshua was important because he led the people after Moses.

Judges 2:8: And Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the LORD, died, [being] an hundred and ten years old.

Contradiction with Genesis 5:27

This verse states that Methuselah lived 969 years, contradicting Judges 2:8 which implies that Joshua's age at death was noteworthy in its time.

Genesis 5:27: And all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty and nine years: and he died.

Contradiction with Genesis 25:7-8

This verse notes Abraham lived to be 175 years old, potentially implying different standards for considering age or normal lifespan in biblical accounts.

Genesis 25:7-8: And these [are] the days of the years of Abraham's life which he lived, an hundred threescore and fifteen years.
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