Contradictions and Paradoxes in Numbers 21:30

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Numbers 21:30 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Numbers 21:30. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of the book, this verse tells of a battle where a group of people defeated their enemies and destroyed their towns. It shows how the attackers won and took over their land.

Numbers 21:30: We have shot at them; Heshbon is perished even unto Dibon, and we have laid them waste even unto Nophah, which [reacheth] unto Medeba.

Contradiction with Numbers 21:24

Numbers 21:30 mentions Israel's conquest and destruction of Heshbon down to Dibon, while Numbers 21:24 speaks of Israel smiting Sihon with the edge of the sword and only possessing his land.

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 2:19

Numbers 21:30 recounts taking different territories, but Deuteronomy 2:19 instructs Israel not to disturb the Moabites or seize their land.

Deuteronomy 2:19: And [when] thou comest nigh over against the children of Ammon, distress them not, nor meddle with them: for I will not give thee of the land of the children of Ammon [any] possession; because I have given it unto the children of Lot [for] a possession.

Contradiction with Joshua 13:9

Joshua 13:9 describes the extent of the land of Gilead which was distributed, contradicting the complete destruction suggested in Numbers 21:30.

Joshua 13:9: From Aroer, that [is] upon the bank of the river Arnon, and the city that [is] in the midst of the river, and all the plain of Medeba unto Dibon;
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