Contradictions and Paradoxes in Numbers 21:25

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Numbers 21:25 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Numbers 21:25. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Moses, the person who wrote the book, the Israelites took over the cities of the Amorite people. They lived in these cities and villages, including a big place called Heshbon.

Numbers 21:25: And Israel took all these cities: and Israel dwelt in all the cities of the Amorites, in Heshbon, and in all the villages thereof. [villages: Heb. daughters]

Contradiction with Deuteronomy 2:36

This verse says that not a single city was too strong for the Israelites, which contradicts with the implication in Numbers 21:25 of cities being taken by force.

Deuteronomy 2:36: From Aroer, which [is] by the brink of the river of Arnon, and [from] the city that [is] by the river, even unto Gilead, there was not one city too strong for us: the LORD our God delivered all unto us:

Contradiction with Joshua 13:17

This verse lists cities as part of Reuben's inheritance, contradicting the notion in Numbers 21:25 that they were taken and settled solely by the Israelites.

Joshua 13:17: Heshbon, and all her cities that [are] in the plain; Dibon, and Bamothbaal, and Bethbaalmeon, [Bamothbaal...: or, the high places of Baal, and house of Baalmeon]

Contradiction with Judges 11:26

This verse questions why Israel took such a long time to claim the land if it was theirs, contradicting the idea in Numbers 21:25 of an immediate claim.

Judges 11:26: While Israel dwelt in Heshbon and her towns, and in Aroer and her towns, and in all the cities that [be] along by the coasts of Arnon, three hundred years? why therefore did ye not recover [them] within that time?

Contradiction with 1 Kings 4:19

This verse suggests another king ruling over the cities, contradicting Numbers 21:25's narrative of conquest by Israel.

1 Kings 4:19: Geber the son of Uri [was] in the country of Gilead, [in] the country of Sihon king of the Amorites, and of Og king of Bashan; and [he was] the only officer which [was] in the land.
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