Contradictions and Paradoxes in 1 Samuel 6:8

Check out Contradictions Catalog of 1 Samuel 6:8 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts 1 Samuel 6:8. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of 1 Samuel, the people put God's special box on a cart with gifts of gold beside it to say they were sorry for doing something wrong. Then, they sent the cart away so the box could go back home.

1 Samuel 6:8: And take the ark of the LORD, and lay it upon the cart; and put the jewels of gold, which ye return him [for] a trespass offering, in a coffer by the side thereof; and send it away, that it may go.

Contradiction with Exodus 20:4

This verse prohibits the making of graven images, whereas 1 Samuel 6:8 describes the Philistines placing golden images in the ark.

Exodus 20:4: Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness [of any thing] that [is] in heaven above, or that [is] in the earth beneath, or that [is] in the water under the earth:

Contradiction with Deuteronomy 4:16

Warns against creating graven and molten images, contrasting with the crafting of figures mentioned in 1 Samuel 6:8.

Deuteronomy 4:16: Lest ye corrupt [yourselves], and make you a graven image, the similitude of any figure, the likeness of male or female,

Contradiction with Leviticus 26:1

Forbids making idols or graven images to worship, conflicting with the action of sending golden images in 1 Samuel 6:8.

Leviticus 26:1: Ye shall make you no idols nor graven image, neither rear you up a standing image, neither shall ye set up [any] image of stone in your land, to bow down unto it: for I [am] the LORD your God. [standing...: or, pillar] [image of...: or, figured stone: Heb. a stone of picture]

Contradiction with Isaiah 42:8

States that God will not share His glory with idols, yet 1 Samuel 6:8 involves sending golden images in association with the ark.

Isaiah 42:8: I [am] the LORD: that [is] my name: and my glory will I not give to another, neither my praise to graven images.
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