Contradictions and Paradoxes in Numbers 32:39

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Numbers 32:39 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Numbers 32:39. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Moses, the family of Machir, who was a son of Manasseh, went to a place called Gilead and took it away from the people called the Amorites who were living there. This story shows how they were brave and followed God's plan to win new land.

Numbers 32:39: And the children of Machir the son of Manasseh went to Gilead, and took it, and dispossessed the Amorite which [was] in it.

Contradiction with Numbers 14:29

This verse discusses the punishment and death of those who sinned, contrasting with the success and conquest mentioned in Numbers 32:39.

Numbers 14:29: Your carcases shall fall in this wilderness; and all that were numbered of you, according to your whole number, from twenty years old and upward, which have murmured against me,

Contradiction with Deuteronomy 1:26

The refusal to enter the land contradicts the proactive action in Numbers 32:39.

Deuteronomy 1:26: Notwithstanding ye would not go up, but rebelled against the commandment of the LORD your God:

Contradiction with Joshua 11:20

This verse's emphasis on destruction contrasts with the settlement and acquisition of land in Numbers 32:39.

Joshua 11:20: For it was of the LORD to harden their hearts, that they should come against Israel in battle, that he might destroy them utterly, [and] that they might have no favour, but that he might destroy them, as the LORD commanded Moses.

Contradiction with 2 Kings 17:18

Describes God's anger leading to Israel's exile, contrasting with the acquiring of land in peace in Numbers 32:39.

2 Kings 17:18: Therefore the LORD was very angry with Israel, and removed them out of his sight: there was none left but the tribe of Judah only.

Contradiction with Judges 2:3

Talks about Israel's failure due to disobedience, contradicting the success depicted in Numbers 32:39.

Judges 2:3: Wherefore I also said, I will not drive them out from before you; but they shall be [as thorns] in your sides, and their gods shall be a snare unto you.
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