Problem: Judges 11:26 states that Israel lived in the land for 300 years. However, if you add the reigns of the judges, you reach a number 410 years. Which is true?

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Problem: The Bible teaches that we shouldn’t put God to the test (Deut. 6:16). However, Gideon tests God with this fleece. Are we allowed to put God to the test or not? A friend of ours would throw a “fleece” out in making decisions. For instance, he would want to take a girl out on a date. As he was driving down the road, he would pray, “God, if you want me to date this girl… have this traffic light turn GREEN… But if you don’t want me to date her… have it turn RED.” Are “fleeces” like this appropriate ways to discern God’s will?
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Problem: Judges 4:21 says that Sisera was lying down, while 5:27 says that he fell down after Jael drove the tent peg into his head. Which is true?
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Problem: Jael drove a tent peg into the skull of Sisera, while he was sleeping. Does the Bible approve of gruesome assassinations like this?
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Problem: The Bible calls Moses’ father in law Reuel (Ex. 2:18), Jethro (Ex. 3:1), and Hobab (Judg. 4:11). Why the mix up?
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Problem: Ehud –the judge- was raised up by God (Judg. 3:15), and he savagely killed King Eglon of Moab, by thrusting a knife into his fat belly. Ehud claimed that this was a message from God (Judg. 3:20). How can this Mafioso-styled assassination be a message from God?
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Problem: We should not worship angels (Col. 2:18; Rev. 19:10; 22:8-9) or men (Acts 10:26; Mt. 4:10). However, Joshua falls down and worships the captain of the Lord’s host. Who or what was he?
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Problem: The Bible tells us that “Joshua struck all the land… He left no survivor, but he utterly destroyed all who breathed, just as the Lord, the God of Israel, had commanded” (Josh. 10:40). However, here in Judges 1:28, we see that the people were not completely driven out.
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Problem: Judges 1:10 explains that Judah “struck” the sons of Anak; however, verse 20 explains that they were merely driven out. Which is true?
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Problem: Caleb said, “The one who attacks Kiriath-sepher and captures it, I will give him Achsah my daughter as a wife” (Josh. 15:16). But then his brother Othniel volunteers to do capture Kiriath-sepher and succeeds. Thus we read, “Othniel the son of Kenaz, the brother of Caleb, captured it; so he gave him Achsah his daughter as a wife” (Josh. 15:17). Why does Caleb allow for incest of this magnitude?
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