Contradictions and Paradoxes in Numbers 34:15

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Numbers 34:15 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Numbers 34:15. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of the Book of Numbers, God decided that two and a half tribes of Israel would live on the east side of the Jordan River, near Jericho. This was their special place to call home, which God gave to them.

Numbers 34:15: The two tribes and the half tribe have received their inheritance on this side Jordan [near] Jericho eastward, toward the sunrising.

Contradiction with Joshua 13:7

God commands dividing land to nine tribes and half-tribe, conflicting with the specific tribes mentioned in Numbers 34:15.

Joshua 13:7: Now therefore divide this land for an inheritance unto the nine tribes, and the half tribe of Manasseh,

Contradiction with Deuteronomy 34:4

God shows Moses the Promised Land but limits his entry, contrasting inheritance assurances in Numbers 34:15.

Deuteronomy 34:4: And the LORD said unto him, This [is] the land which I sware unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, saying, I will give it unto thy seed: I have caused thee to see [it] with thine eyes, but thou shalt not go over thither.

Contradiction with Genesis 12:7

Promises land to Abraham's seed without tribal distinctions, differing from tribal allocations in Numbers 34:15.

Genesis 12:7: And the LORD appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will I give this land: and there builded he an altar unto the LORD, who appeared unto him.

Contradiction with Acts 7:5

Stephen recounts God giving Abraham no inheritance, conflicting with tangible tribal land division in Numbers 34:15.

Acts 7:5: And he gave him none inheritance in it, no, not [so much as] to set his foot on: yet he promised that he would give it to him for a possession, and to his seed after him, when [as yet] he had no child.

Contradiction with Hebrews 11:9

Abraham lived as a stranger in Promised Land, contradicting the concrete territorial claims in Numbers 34:15.

Hebrews 11:9: By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as [in] a strange country, dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise:

Contradiction with Ezekiel 47:13

Ezekiel's vision of tribal borders diverges in land boundaries, at odds with those outlined in Numbers 34:15.

Ezekiel 47:13: Thus saith the Lord GOD; This [shall be] the border, whereby ye shall inherit the land according to the twelve tribes of Israel: Joseph [shall have two] portions.

Contradiction with Romans 4:13

Promises are spiritualized to faith, contrasting the specific territorial inheritance in Numbers 34:15.

Romans 4:13: For the promise, that he should be the heir of the world, [was] not to Abraham, or to his seed, through the law, but through the righteousness of faith.

Contradiction with Galatians 3:16

Paul speaks of promises to Christ, not tribal lines, differing from Numbers 34:15's land allocation to tribes.

Galatians 3:16: Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ.

Contradiction with Isaiah 19:24-25

Foretells a united Israel, Egypt, and Assyria, contrasting division into tribes in Numbers 34:15.

Isaiah 19:24-25: In that day shall Israel be the third with Egypt and with Assyria, [even] a blessing in the midst of the land:
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