Are there contradictions in the Bible?
Part C
- Deuteronomy 18:20-22 A false prophet is one whose words do not come true. Death is required.
- Ezekiel 14:9 A prophet who is deceived, is deceived by God himself. Death is still required.
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You misunderstand Ezekiel 14 just like you did II Thessalonians 2:11. Regardless, there is no contradiction here.
A contradiction would require God letting him off.
- Deuteronomy 23:1 A castrate may not enter the assembly of the Lord.
- Isaiah 56:4-5 Some castrates will receive special rewards.
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So what? A guy with a machine gun is not allowed into the White House. Some guys with machine guns got purple hearts from the president.
- Deuteronomy 23:1 A castrate may not enter the assembly of the Lord.
- Matthew 19:12 Men are encouraged to consider making themselves castrates for the sake of the Kingdom of God.
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You mischaracterize Matthew 19. But regardless, there is no contradiction.
- Deuteronomy 24:1-5 A man can divorce his wife simply because she displeases him and both he and his wife can remarry.
- Mark 10:2-12 Divorce is wrong, and to remarry is to commit adultery.
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Christ changed the law and was very clear that He was initiating a change. A change is not a contradiction.
- Deuteronomy 30:11-20 It is possible to keep the law.
- Romans 3:20-23 It is not possible to keep the law.
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Deuteronomy makes the point that the law is clear and plain so that we can understand and no excuse not to keep it. It never says a man will be able to go through his whole life perfectly and never break a single commandment. Paul's point is that no man has done that. Indeed, that is why sacrifices are an integral part of the law.
- Joshua 11:20 God shows no mercy to some.
- Luke 6:36, James 5:11 God is merciful.
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To the contrary, God had mercy on the Amorites for many years (Genesis 15:16) till their iniquities reached a point that God determined to wipe them out (Joshua 11).
- Judges 4:21 Sisera was sleeping when Jael killed him.
- Judges 5:25-27 Sisera was standing.
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It does not say that he was standing when she killed him. It only says that after she hit him in the head (v25) he bowed, fell down, tried to rise again and fell again. Sounds like death throes to me.
- Joshua 10:38-40 Joshua himself captured Debir.
- Judges 1:11-15 It was Othniel, who thereby obtained the hand of Caleb's daughter, Achsah.
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Does Zathras even try to understand the passage? Are these mistakes purposefully misunderstood or just massive incompetence?
Joshua made a pass through the land with his whole army, wiping out all of the strongholds and destroying their cities.
However, some of the cities were rebuilt by the inhabitants and needed to be reconquered.
This second conquest of a weakened Debir could be performed by a small band led by Othniel.
Judges starts off by saying that this event occurred AFTER Joshua died. The parallel passage is Joshua 15:16, not Joshua 10:38-40.
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