Contradictions and Paradoxes in Judges 3:1

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Judges 3:1 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Judges 3:1. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of the book of Judges, God let some nations stay in the land to see if the new generation of Israelites would listen to Him and do the right things, even though they didn't know about the old wars. It's like giving a test to see if they learned to be good and trust in God.

Judges 3:1: Now these [are] the nations which the LORD left, to prove Israel by them, [even] as many [of Israel] as had not known all the wars of Canaan;

Contradiction with Genesis 15:18

God's covenant with Abram promised the land to his descendants, which may seem contradictory to leaving nations to test Israel.

Genesis 15:18: In the same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates:

Contradiction with Exodus 23:31-33

God orders the Israelites to drive out the inhabitants, contradicting leaving them to test Israel.

Exodus 23:31-33: And I will set thy bounds from the Red sea even unto the sea of the Philistines, and from the desert unto the river: for I will deliver the inhabitants of the land into your hand; and thou shalt drive them out before thee.

Contradiction with Deuteronomy 20:16-18

God commands the Israelites to completely destroy certain nations, which contrasts with leaving them in the land.

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 Joshua 23:12-13

Israel is warned not to intermarry with the nations, contradicting the presence of these nations to test Israel.

Joshua 23:12-13: Else if ye do in any wise go back, and cleave unto the remnant of these nations, [even] these that remain among you, and shall make marriages with them, and go in unto them, and they to you:
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