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Apparent Bible Contradictions
Where do the Canaanites dwell?
Posted By: Mrs E on 9/17/06
Numbers 14:25 (Now the Amalekites and the Canaanites dwelt in the valley.) To morrow turn you, and get you into the wilderness by the way of the Red sea.
Numbers 14:45 Then the Amalekites came down, and the Canaanites which dwelt in that hill, and smote them, and discomfited them, even unto Hormah.
In Numbers 14 there is a clear contradiction. Verse 25 says the Canaanites dwell in the valley, verse 45 says the Canaanites dwell in that hill. Which is it?
Posted By: Adam Engesath on 11/4/07
Both. The hill is located in the valley. Notice the hills are different than the surrounding mountains mentioned in Numbers 13:17 and Numbers 14:40.
Also, see the description of the land in Deuteronomy 11:11 "But the land, wither ye go to possess it, is a land of hills and valleys, and drinketh water of the rain of heaven:" So, the valleys have hills which are different from the surrounding mountains and the Canaanites and the Amalekites dwelt in both the valleys and the hills. No contradiction. 
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