Contradictions and Paradoxes in Micah 2:5

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Micah 2:5 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Micah 2:5. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Micah, the people won’t have anyone to help them divide the land because they have not followed God’s ways. This means they will lose something important because they didn't listen to what God wanted them to do.

Micah 2:5: Therefore thou shalt have none that shall cast a cord by lot in the congregation of the LORD.

Contradiction with Deuteronomy 19:14

This verse commands not to remove a neighbor's landmark, while Micah 2:5 speaks of a time when no one will apportion land by lot, implying the disregard of traditional land boundaries.

Deuteronomy 19:14: Thou shalt not remove thy neighbour's landmark, which they of old time have set in thine inheritance, which thou shalt inherit in the land that the LORD thy God giveth thee to possess it.

Contradiction with Joshua 13:6

This verse involves the allocation and inheritance of land by lots, contrasting with Micah 2:5, which speaks of there being no one to cast a lot in the congregation.

Joshua 13:6: All the inhabitants of the hill country from Lebanon unto Misrephothmaim, [and] all the Sidonians, them will I drive out from before the children of Israel: only divide thou it by lot unto the Israelites for an inheritance, as I have commanded thee.

Contradiction with Joshua 18:10

It describes Joshua casting lots to distribute the land, whereas Micah 2:5 highlights a future where this practice will cease.

Joshua 18:10: And Joshua cast lots for them in Shiloh before the LORD: and there Joshua divided the land unto the children of Israel according to their divisions.

Contradiction with Ezekiel 45:1

Here, the land is divided by lot, differing from Micah 2:5, which foretells a cessation of allocation by lot.

Ezekiel 45:1: Moreover, when ye shall divide by lot the land for inheritance, ye shall offer an oblation unto the LORD, an holy portion of the land: the length [shall be] the length of five and twenty thousand [reeds], and the breadth [shall be] ten thousand. This [shall be] holy in all the borders thereof round about. [when...: Heb. when ye cause the land to fall] [an holy...: Heb. holiness]
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