Contradictions and Paradoxes in Judges 3:5

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Judges 3:5 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Judges 3:5. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of the book of Judges, this verse means that God's people, the Israelites, lived with other people who had different ways and did not follow God's rules. This sometimes led the Israelites to forget about God and His teachings.

Judges 3:5: And the children of Israel dwelt among the Canaanites, Hittites, and Amorites, and Perizzites, and Hivites, and Jebusites:

Contradiction with Deuteronomy 7:3

This verse instructs the Israelites not to intermarry with the inhabitants of the land, which contradicts the situation in Judges 3:5 where they dwelt among them, implying interaction and potential intermarriage.

Deuteronomy 7:3: Neither shalt thou make marriages with them; thy daughter thou shalt not give unto his son, nor his daughter shalt thou take unto thy son.

Contradiction with Exodus 23:32

This verse commands the Israelites not to make any covenant with the inhabitants of the land, contradicting Judges 3:5 where living among them suggests a level of acceptance and potential agreements.

Exodus 23:32: Thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor with their gods.

Contradiction with Joshua 23:12

This verse warns against cleaving to the remnant of the nations, contradicting Judges 3:5 which describes the Israelites dwelling among them.

Joshua 23:12: 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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