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And Joshua rent his clothes, and fell to the earth upon his face before the ark of Jehovah until the evening, he and the elders of Israel; and they put dust upon their heads.Joshua fell to the ground in front of the Ark. It's an extreme stretch to say he bowed down to it or worshiped it. So, unless it it says specifically, he bowed down to it, then he did not.
There is no "contradiction", it's just one of many exceptions to the rules God made.
If they are graven images, they are graven images, regardless of if or not they are graven images of veneration.
I don't know how to see things any way but the logical way. Doesn't say he 'bowed' so he didn't bow, and graven images are graven images.
Joshua fell on his face before the Ark, so he bowed to it, the word bow doesn’t need to be used here it’s obvious to anyone who can read. So you admit that God for a while made an exception to allow Idolatry? According to Deuteronomy 10:17 God makes no exceptions or partiality when it comes to the law so once again did God contradict himself or not? According to the dictionary meaning of graven image it’s an image that’s worshipped, the dictionary meaning of veneration is to show great respect towards something. There not the same thing.
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