Contradictions and Paradoxes in 2 Chronicles 30:18

Check out Contradictions Catalog of 2 Chronicles 30:18 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts 2 Chronicles 30:18. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the Chronicler, many people didn't follow the rules before eating the special Passover meal, but King Hezekiah asked God to forgive them because they tried their best and meant well. God is good and wants to help and forgive.

2 Chronicles 30:18: For a multitude of the people, [even] many of Ephraim, and Manasseh, Issachar, and Zebulun, had not cleansed themselves, yet did they eat the passover otherwise than it was written. But Hezekiah prayed for them, saying, The good LORD pardon every one

Contradiction with Exodus 12:15

Emphasizes the need to remove leaven from houses and that anyone who eats leavened bread shall be cut off, indicating strict adherence to rules, contrasting the leniency shown in 2 Chronicles 30:18.

Exodus 12:15: Seven days shall ye eat unleavened bread; even the first day ye shall put away leaven out of your houses: for whosoever eateth leavened bread from the first day until the seventh day, that soul shall be cut off from Israel.

Contradiction with Leviticus 5:17

States that ignorance of wrongdoing does not absolve guilt, contradicting the forgiveness granted in 2 Chronicles 30:18 despite improper conduct.

Leviticus 5:17: And if a soul sin, and commit any of these things which are forbidden to be done by the commandments of the LORD; though he wist [it] not, yet is he guilty, and shall bear his iniquity.

Contradiction with Numbers 9:13

Mandates that anyone who fails to keep the Passover without a valid reason shall be cut off, opposing the acceptance of those who were not properly consecrated in 2 Chronicles 30:18.

Numbers 9:13: But the man that [is] clean, and is not in a journey, and forbeareth to keep the passover, even the same soul shall be cut off from among his people: because he brought not the offering of the LORD in his appointed season, that man shall bear his sin.

Contradiction with 1 Samuel 15:22

Highlights obedience over sacrifice, suggesting a strict adherence to God's commands, which is contrasted by the acceptance of improper participation in 2 Chronicles 30:18.

1 Samuel 15:22: And Samuel said, Hath the LORD [as great] delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey [is] better than sacrifice, [and] to hearken than the fat of rams.

Paradox #1

Some people might find a moral inconsistency in this verse because it shows people breaking traditional religious laws and still being accepted. In other parts of religious texts, breaking laws often leads to punishment. This might seem like a contradiction in how strict laws are applied.

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