Contradictions and Paradoxes in 2 Chronicles 29:16

Check out Contradictions Catalog of 2 Chronicles 29:16 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts 2 Chronicles 29:16. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of the book, the priests were cleaning God's special house and took out all the bad and dirty things they found. Then, the helpers called Levites carried these things far away to keep the house nice and pure.

2 Chronicles 29:16: And the priests went into the inner part of the house of the LORD, to cleanse [it], and brought out all the uncleanness that they found in the temple of the LORD into the court of the house of the LORD. And the Levites took [it], to carry [it] out abroad into the brook Kidron.

Contradiction with Numbers 19:20

This verse contradicts the notion of cleansing because it states that those who are unclean and refuse to purify themselves are cut off from the congregation, emphasizing exclusion over cleansing.

Numbers 19:20: But the man that shall be unclean, and shall not purify himself, that soul shall be cut off from among the congregation, because he hath defiled the sanctuary of the LORD: the water of separation hath not been sprinkled upon him; he [is] unclean.

Contradiction with Mark 7:15

This verse contradicts the emphasis on physical cleansing by suggesting that what comes from inside defiles a person, rather than external impurities.

Mark 7:15: If any man have ears to hear, let him hear.

Contradiction with Matthew 23:25-26

These verses contradict the emphasis on outward cleansing by highlighting that inward purity is more important than outward cleanliness.

Matthew 23:25-26: Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye make clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and excess.

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