Contradictions and Paradoxes in Numbers 21:23

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Numbers 21:23 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Numbers 21:23. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Moses, who wrote this book, the king named Sihon didn't let the Israelites walk through his land. Instead, he got his army ready and fought against the Israelites.

Numbers 21:23: And Sihon would not suffer Israel to pass through his border: but Sihon gathered all his people together, and went out against Israel into the wilderness: and he came to Jahaz, and fought against Israel.

Contradiction with Numbers 21:24

Numbers 21:23 shows Israel attempting diplomacy before conflict, while 21:24 shows immediate actions of violence.

Numbers 21:24: And Israel smote him with the edge of the sword, and possessed his land from Arnon unto Jabbok, even unto the children of Ammon: for the border of the children of Ammon [was] strong.

Contradiction with Deuteronomy 2:29-30

This passage mentions that other nations allowed Israel safe passage, unlike how the Amorites responded in Numbers 21:23.

Deuteronomy 2:29-30: (As the children of Esau which dwell in Seir, and the Moabites which dwell in Ar, did unto me;) until I shall pass over Jordan into the land which the LORD our God giveth us.

Contradiction with Joshua 11:19

Highlights a nation's willingness to make peace with Israel in contrast to the Amorites in Numbers 21:23.

Joshua 11:19: There was not a city that made peace with the children of Israel, save the Hivites the inhabitants of Gibeon: all [other] they took in battle.

Contradiction with Matthew 5:9

Jesus blesses the peacemakers, contrasting with the hostilities initiated in Numbers 21:23.

Matthew 5:9: Blessed [are] the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.
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