So Moab was subdued that day under the hand of Israel. Then the land had rest eighty years.
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So Moab was subdued that day under the hand of Israel. Then the land had rest eighty years.
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Questions where the Bible appears to say two different things, with the passages on each side set together.
Deuteronomy 2:9 has Yahweh forbid Israel from picking a fight with Moab or seizing Moabite land, because Yahweh assigned Ar to the descendants of Lot. Judges 3:28-30 has Israel slaughter ten thousand Moabites and subdue Moab as a tributary, and Jeremiah 48:2 calls for the destruction of Moab as a nation.
Critical scholarship: Leans toward a genuine contradiction.
Law & ethics
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Joshua 11:10-11 has Joshua kill Jabin king of Hazor and burn the city during the Conquest, but Judges 4:2-24 has the Israelites being oppressed by — and finally defeating — Jabin king of Hazor in the time of Deborah and Barak, generations after Joshua's death.
Critical scholarship: Widely regarded as a genuine contradiction.
Chronology
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"Judges 3:30 — Scripture Analysis" GEBible, https://gebible.app/analysis/verse/judges/3/30?version=WEB (retrieved 27 August 2026).