Contradictions and Paradoxes in Judges 6:5

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Judges 6:5 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Judges 6:5. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of the book of Judges, the people came with so many animals and tents, like a big swarm of grasshoppers covering the land, and there were too many of them to count, including their camels. They came into the land to cause lots of damage and trouble.

Judges 6:5: For they came up with their cattle and their tents, and they came as grasshoppers for multitude; [for] both they and their camels were without number: and they entered into the land to destroy it.

Contradiction with Exodus 23:29

This verse states that God will not drive out Israel’s enemies in a single year to prevent desolation, contrasting with Judges 6:5 where the Midianites are entirely overwhelming the land.

Exodus 23:29: I will not drive them out from before thee in one year; lest the land become desolate, and the beast of the field multiply against thee.

Contradiction with Joshua 23:10

Promises that one Israelite will chase a thousand enemies, contradicting the overwhelming multitude of Midianites described in Judges 6:5.

Joshua 23:10: One man of you shall chase a thousand: for the LORD your God, he [it is] that fighteth for you, as he hath promised you.

Contradiction with Leviticus 26:8

States that five Israelites will chase a hundred, and a hundred will chase ten thousand enemies, contradicting the vast numbers of Midianites that invade Israel in Judges 6:5.

Leviticus 26:8: And five of you shall chase an hundred, and an hundred of you shall put ten thousand to flight: and your enemies shall fall before you by the sword.
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