Were Israel’s conditions in the wilderness comfortable or destitute? PROBLEM: Many passages speak of Israel’s privations in the wilderness (cf. Exodus 16:2; Exodus 16:3; Numbers 11:4-6). Yet here Moses declared that they “lacked nothing.” SOLUTION: The passages are easily reconciled if it is kept... [ Continue Reading ]
How could this have been written by Moses when it refers to the land of promise which he never entered? PROBLEM: Moses died before he could enter the Promised Land and was buried outside of it on the east side of the Jordan river (Deuteronomy 34). But, this passage refers to the “land of their poss... [ Continue Reading ]
Was the land of Ammon given to Israel or not? PROBLEM: Here God told Moses, “I will not give you any of the land of the people of Ammon.” But elsewhere it asserts that Joshua gave Israel “half the land of the Ammonites” as a possession from God (Joshua 13:25). SOLUTION: These passages speak of two... [ Continue Reading ]