5.4 Who's will is
stronger ?
In Deuteronomy we read that Moses
was not to disturb the children of Ammon nor attempt to take
their land:
"That the LORD spake unto me, saying, Thou
art to pass over through Ar, the coast of Moab, this day: And
when thou comest nigh over against the children of Ammon,
distress them not, nor meddle with them: for I will not give
thee of the land of the children of Ammon any possession;
because I have given it unto the children of Lot for a
possession."
Deuteronomy 2:17-19
"Only unto the land of the children of
Ammon thou camest not, nor unto any place of the river Jabbok,
nor unto the cities in the mountains, nor unto whatsoever the
LORD our God forbad us."
Deuteronomy 2:37
Yet Joshua tells of how Moses gave
the land of Ammon to Gad as an inheritance:
"And moses gave inheritance unto the tribe
of Gad, even unto the children of Gad according to their
families. And their coast was Jazer, and all the cities of
Gilead, and half the land of the children of Ammon, unto Aroer
that is before Rabbah;"
Joshua 13:24-25
God himself vowed to not give Moses
(pbuh) even the smallest portion of the land of Ammon,
yet Moses is now claimed to have taken it anyway (against God's
will?) and given half of it to GC.E. Was this a slip of a
scribe's pen? Is it a difference in "spelling"? Centuries of
tampering with the word of God has left it's mark.
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