Contradictions and Paradoxes in Judges 3:4

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Judges 3:4 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Judges 3:4. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of the book of Judges, this verse means that God allowed other people to stay near the Israelites to see if they would listen and follow His rules that He gave to them through Moses. It's like a test to see if they would choose to do what is right.

Judges 3:4: And they were to prove Israel by them, to know whether they would hearken unto the commandments of the LORD, which he commanded their fathers by the hand of Moses.

Contradiction with Exodus 34:12

This verse instructs the Israelites to take heed not to make covenants with the inhabitants of the land, contradicting the allowance of testing through living among them.

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:

Contradiction with Deuteronomy 7:2

This verse commands the Israelites to utterly destroy the nations and make no covenants, which contradicts allowing nations to remain as a test.

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

This verse commands the Israelites to not leave anything alive in certain cities, which contradicts the allowance for these nations to test Israel by living among them.

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:

Contradiction with Joshua 23:12-13

This warns that if Israelites intermarry or associate with these nations, they will be snares, contrary to the idea of allowing them for the purpose of testing.

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 Psalm 106:34-36

This verse condemns not destroying the nations and serving their idols, which stands in contrast to Judges 3:4 where nations are left to test Israel.

Psalm 106:34-36: They did not destroy the nations, concerning whom the LORD commanded them:

Paradox #1

This verse talks about God allowing certain nations to remain to test Israel's obedience. The contradiction could be the idea of a loving and just God deliberately setting up a situation where His people might fail, which seems inconsistent with the concept of a supportive and guiding deity.

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