Contradictions and Paradoxes in 1 Chronicles 9:33

Check out Contradictions Catalog of 1 Chronicles 9:33 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts 1 Chronicles 9:33. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of 1 Chronicles, the singers were special people from the Levite families who lived in rooms at the temple and sang songs to God all the time. They didn’t have to do other jobs because singing was their important job both day and night.

1 Chronicles 9:33: And these [are] the singers, chief of the fathers of the Levites, [who remaining] in the chambers [were] free: for they were employed in [that] work day and night. [they...: Heb. upon them]

Contradiction with Exodus 20:8-10

This verse commands rest on the Sabbath, contradicting the continuous labour of the singers.

Exodus 20:8-10: Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.

Contradiction with Leviticus 23:3

This verse requires rest on the seventh day, conflicting with the day and night work of the singers.

Leviticus 23:3: Six days shall work be done: but the seventh day [is] the sabbath of rest, an holy convocation; ye shall do no work [therein]: it [is] the sabbath of the LORD in all your dwellings.

Contradiction with Numbers 8:24-25

This verse sets the working age for Levites, which may not align with the continuous service mentioned for the singers.

Numbers 8:24-25: This [is it] that [belongeth] unto the Levites: from twenty and five years old and upward they shall go in to wait upon the service of the tabernacle of the congregation: [to...: Heb. to war the warfare of, etc]

Contradiction with Deuteronomy 5:14

This verse dictates Sabbath rest for all, which opposes the uninterrupted service described for the singers.

Deuteronomy 5:14: But the seventh day [is] the sabbath of the LORD thy God: [in it] thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, nor thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thine ox, nor thine ass, nor any of thy cattle, nor thy stranger that [is] within thy gates; that thy manservant and thy maidservant may rest as well as thou.

Contradiction with Psalm 46:10

This verse emphasizes being still, contrasting the perpetual activity of the singers.

Psalm 46:10: Be still, and know that I [am] God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.
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