Contradictions and Paradoxes in Numbers 34:17

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Numbers 34:17 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Numbers 34:17. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Moses, God chose Eleazar and Joshua to help divide the land for the people. Eleazar was a priest, and Joshua was a leader, and they would make sure everyone got their fair share.

Numbers 34:17: These [are] the names of the men which shall divide the land unto you: Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun.

Contradiction with Numbers 27:18-19

God commands Moses to appoint Joshua, not Eleazar and Joshua, as his successor, differing from the leadership selection in Numbers 34:17.

Numbers 27:18-19: And the LORD said unto Moses, Take thee Joshua the son of Nun, a man in whom [is] the spirit, and lay thine hand upon him;

Contradiction with Deuteronomy 31:14-15

Moses and Joshua are to present themselves before God, not Eleazar with Joshua, suggesting different leadership processes than in Numbers 34:17.

Deuteronomy 31:14-15: And the LORD said unto Moses, Behold, thy days approach that thou must die: call Joshua, and present yourselves in the tabernacle of the congregation, that I may give him a charge. And Moses and Joshua went, and presented themselves in the tabernacle of the congregation.

Contradiction with Joshua 1:1-2

God speaks to Joshua directly, not through Eleazar, as the leader after Moses, showing a leadership transition that contradicts the dual leadership role in Numbers 34:17.

Joshua 1:1-2: Now after the death of Moses the servant of the LORD it came to pass, that the LORD spake unto Joshua the son of Nun, Moses' minister, saying,

Contradiction with Exodus 24:13

Moses rose up with Joshua, his minister, not Eleazar, for going up to the mount of God, indicating a different leadership dynamic.

Exodus 24:13: And Moses rose up, and his minister Joshua: and Moses went up into the mount of God.

Contradiction with Judges 2:8

Joshua dies and is succeeded by different judges, without mention of Eleazar, diverging from the tandem leadership approach given in Numbers 34:17.

Judges 2:8: And Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the LORD, died, [being] an hundred and ten years old.
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