Contradictions and Paradoxes in Numbers 32:19

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Numbers 32:19 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Numbers 32:19. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Moses, the people said they would not share the land on the other side of the river because they were given land on this side. They believed this was the special place God chose for them.

Numbers 32:19: For we will not inherit with them on yonder side Jordan, or forward; because our inheritance is fallen to us on this side Jordan eastward.

Contradiction with Joshua 22:4

This verse suggests that the tribes have rested and can return to their possessions, implying a settling rather than a denial of inheritance.

Joshua 22:4: And now the LORD your God hath given rest unto your brethren, as he promised them: therefore now return ye, and get you unto your tents, [and] unto the land of your possession, which Moses the servant of the LORD gave you on the other side Jordan.

Contradiction with Deuteronomy 33:21

This verse implies that Gad took a portion for themselves that was marked by Moses, contrasting with the denial of inheritance in Numbers 32:19.

Deuteronomy 33:21: And he provided the first part for himself, because there, [in] a portion of the lawgiver, [was he] seated; and he came with the heads of the people, he executed the justice of the LORD, and his judgments with Israel. [seated: Heb. cieled]

Contradiction with Joshua 19:9

Here, the inheritance is shared among tribes of Israel, implying distribution rather than a refusal of inheritance as mentioned in Numbers 32:19.

Joshua 19:9: Out of the portion of the children of Judah [was] the inheritance of the children of Simeon: for the part of the children of Judah was too much for them: therefore the children of Simeon had their inheritance within the inheritance of them.

Contradiction with Judges 2:6

This verse talks about the people going to inherit the land, which suggests settlement rather than a denial of inheritance.

Judges 2:6: And when Joshua had let the people go, the children of Israel went every man unto his inheritance to possess the land.

Contradiction with Joshua 13:8

This passage describes land allocation to tribes east of the Jordan, implying inheritance rather than its denial as in Numbers 32:19.

Joshua 13:8: With whom the Reubenites and the Gadites have received their inheritance, which Moses gave them, beyond Jordan eastward, [even] as Moses the servant of the LORD gave them;
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