Contradictions and Paradoxes in Judges 3:3

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

According to many Christian teachers, God allowed some enemy tribes to stay near the Israelites to teach them to trust and depend on Him. The Israelites had to learn how to be brave and follow God's rules even when there were people nearby who didn’t like them.

Judges 3:3: [Namely], five lords of the Philistines, and all the Canaanites, and the Sidonians, and the Hivites that dwelt in mount Lebanon, from mount Baalhermon unto the entering in of Hamath.

Contradiction with Deuteronomy 20:16

This verse commands the complete destruction of certain nations, which contradicts Judges 3:3 where these nations are left to test Israel.

Deuteronomy 20:16: 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 11:15

This verse describes Joshua's obedience in destroying the enemies according to God's command, contrasting with Judges 3:3 where nations remain.

Joshua 11:15: As the LORD commanded Moses his servant, so did Moses command Joshua, and so did Joshua; he left nothing undone of all that the LORD commanded Moses. [left...: Heb. removed nothing]

Contradiction with Joshua 23:12-13

This warns against associating with surviving nations lest they become snares, but Judges 3:3 lists nations that Israel cohabits with.

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:

Contradiction with Exodus 23:31-33

This passage emphasizes that Israelites should not dwell with certain nations, contrasting with their presence in Judges 3:3.

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 Numbers 33:52-55

Commands driving out inhabitants and breaking down their idols, contradictory to Judges 3:3 where those nations still reside.

Numbers 33:52-55: Then ye shall drive out all the inhabitants of the land from before you, and destroy all their pictures, and destroy all their molten images, and quite pluck down all their high places:
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