Contradiction with Genesis 17:8
God promises the land of Canaan to Abraham and his descendants as an everlasting possession, not just an inheritance as mentioned in Psalms 78:54.
Genesis 17:8: And I will give unto thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land wherein thou art a stranger, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God. [wherein...: Heb. of thy sojournings]
Contradiction with Exodus 3:8
This verse emphasizes that God delivers the Israelites to a land flowing with milk and honey, without explicitly mentioning an inheritance.
Exodus 3:8: And I am come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land unto a good land and a large, unto a land flowing with milk and honey; unto the place of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites.
Contradiction with Deuteronomy 9:5
It states that the Israelites are not given the land because of their righteousness, while Psalms 78:54 implies a positive divine gift.
Deuteronomy 9:5: Not for thy righteousness, or for the uprightness of thine heart, dost thou go to possess their land: but for the wickedness of these nations the LORD thy God doth drive them out from before thee, and that he may perform the word which the LORD sware unto thy fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
Contradiction with Hebrews 11:13
Mentions that the patriarchs died without receiving the promises, indicating ongoing faith rather than possession as in Psalms 78:54.
Hebrews 11:13: These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of [them], and embraced [them], and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth. [in faith: Gr. according to faith]
Contradiction with Acts 7:5
Stephen recounts that Abraham was given no inheritance, seemingly contradicting the idea of possession in Psalms 78:54.
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.