Inerrant Lie #55

Another lie from "God's ineffable, inerrant word":

The secrecy of Joshua is mentioned in 'Lie #54', and it plays a central role in this 'Lie', also. When Joshua sent the two spies out of Shittim, he sends them expressly "to spy secretly, saying, Go view the land, even Jericho [Joshua 2:1a - c]."

Later, Joshua tells the people a different story altogether-- calling the spies messengers-- saying: "And the city shall be accursed, even it, and all that are therein, to the LORD: only Rahab the harlot shall live, she and all that are with her in the house, because she hid the messengers that we sent [Joshua 6:17]."

Five verses later, the narrative again spills the beans on the spies: "22 But Joshua had said unto the two men that had spied out the country, Go into the harlot's house, and bring out thence the woman, and all that she hath, as ye sware unto her. 23 And the young men that were spies went in, and brought Rahab, and her father, and her mother, and her brethren, and all that she had; and they brought out all her kindred, and left them without the camp of Israel [Joshua 6:22 & 23]."

Again, two verses later, the 'correction' in diction is inserted-- along with it's cypher-- when it is recorded: "And Joshua saved Rahab the harlot alive, and her father's household, and all that she had; and she dwelleth in Israel even unto this day; because she hid the messengers, which Joshua sent to spy out Jericho [Joshua 6:25]." This is called gaslighting.

Spying is not the same thing as delivering messages. Both contemporarily and classically, emissaries have doubled as spies-- while serving as emissaries-- but Joshua's spies delivered no message to Jericho. They weren't sent to. They were sent to spy. They did, however, deliver a prostitute to the sorceress whore [Isaiah 57:3] they call their mother.

Inerrant Lie #54

Another lie from "God's ineffable, inerrant word":

Joshua confesses telling a number of lies in his autobiographical record of 'conquest'. Some of his lies are obviously deliberately told as lies. This one is not decidedly so. It's hardly worth mentioning, perhaps even. Maybe the only reason it even sticks out to me as a lie is because of my own field experiences with the "cluster fuck." Maybe it's simply the fact that it is Joshua's 'secrecy [Joshua 2:1' which ultimately makes a liar of Joshua in this case.

Preparatory to crossing the Jordan into "the land," Joshua tells the chiefs: "Pass through the host, and command the people, saying, Prepare you victuals; for within three days ye shall pass over this Jordan, to go in to possess the land, which the LORD your God giveth you to possess it [Joshua 1:11]."

Joshua then "secretly [Joshua 2:1]" sends spies across the Jordan who consequently find themselves in a SNAFU in Jericho which requires them to run and hide for three days before re- crossing Jordan to deliver their scout report/ SITREP to Joshua and crew, who are waiting on the other side.

According to Joshua 3:1 - 5, because of the SNAFU the spies ran into in Jericho, it was at least seven days after Joshua said "three days" when the nation crossed the Jordan against Jericho and "the land." This after Moses had already said, more than thirty days previously, "Hear, O Israel: Thou art to pass over Jordan this day [Deuteronomy 9:1a - c]."

Inerrant Lie #53

Another lie from "God's ineffable, inerrant word":

Samuel, the 'judge' of Israel was a hypocrite. He was likewise a liar, according to his own testimony of himself. Contextually, Moses and the prophets agree with Samuel's witness of himself that he lied in 'judging' Saul unworthy of the throne.

1 Samuel 15 tells the story of how Samuel 'served' Saul his walking papers. The narrative states that "the LORD" spoke to Samuel [perhaps while Sammy slept (or would have)], saying "It repenteth me that I have set up Saul to be king: for he is turned back from following me, and hath not performed my commandments [1Samuel 15:11a & b]." Whether this witness of "the LORD" is true or false is beside the point.

The lie Sammy tells on himself for telling is found in his rebuke of Saul's allowance that, in certain matters, he, Saul-- like Moses, Samuel, and the LORD-- follows "the people," like to the way David is later said to have been taken [by "the LORD of hosts"] "from following the sheep, to be ruler over my people, over Israel [2 Samuel 7:8, et. al.]." Sammy says, "And also the Strength of Israel will not lie nor repent: for he is not a man, that he should repent [1 Samuel 15:29]."

Samuel's own testimony earlier in this same chapter (above) says otherwise. What else could "it repenteth me" mean? Likewise his later testimony, again in this same chapter, says otherwise. Six verses later, Samuel confesses: "and the LORD repented that he had made Saul king over Israel [1 Samuel 15:35c]."

Moses likewise says "the LORD" repented of destroying "the people" many times in the wilderness [Exodus 32:14, et. al.]. Jonah says he repented of destroying Nineveh [Jonah 4:2]. Jeremiah records presumably the same "LORD" confessing: "I am weary with repenting [Jeremiah 15:6]." Plus there's that whole flood thing [Genesis 6:6]. Either Sammy's a liar or the rest of the liars are. (It's really both, isn't it?)