Contradictions and Paradoxes in Judges 7:6

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Judges 7:6 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Judges 7:6. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of Judges, God wanted to show that He could win battles with just a small group of brave people. So, He chose 300 men who drank water in a special way to help a leader named Gideon.

Judges 7:6: And the number of them that lapped, [putting] their hand to their mouth, were three hundred men: but all the rest of the people bowed down upon their knees to drink water.

Contradiction with Deuteronomy 20:8

This verse allows fearful soldiers to leave the battlefield, contradicting Gideon's selection based on vigilance in Judges 7:6.

Deuteronomy 20:8: And the officers shall speak further unto the people, and they shall say, What man [is there that is] fearful and fainthearted? let him go and return unto his house, lest his brethren's heart faint as well as his heart. [faint: Heb. melt]

Contradiction with 2 Samuel 17:1-2

This passage describes a strategy valuing surprise and overwhelming numbers, conflicting with the reduced force in Judges 7:6.

2 Samuel 17:1-2: Moreover Ahithophel said unto Absalom, Let me now choose out twelve thousand men, and I will arise and pursue after David this night:

Contradiction with 1 Corinthians 1:27

This verse suggests God's preference for the weak, which contrasts with the choosing of alert men in Judges 7:6.

1 Corinthians 1:27: But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty;
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