Contradictions and Paradoxes in 2 Chronicles 30:23

Check out Contradictions Catalog of 2 Chronicles 30:23 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts 2 Chronicles 30:23. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of 2 Chronicles, the people decided to celebrate for another seven days because they were so happy. Everyone had a great time and wanted to keep the joy going for longer.

2 Chronicles 30:23: And the whole assembly took counsel to keep other seven days: and they kept [other] seven days with gladness.

Contradiction with Leviticus 23:6-8

These verses prescribe the Feast of Unleavened Bread to last seven days, whereas 2 Chronicles 30:23 involves an extension of the festival period.

Leviticus 23:6-8: And on the fifteenth day of the same month [is] the feast of unleavened bread unto the LORD: seven days ye must eat unleavened bread.

Contradiction with Numbers 9:1-3

These verses indicate a strict observance of Passover on the fourteenth day of the first month, not allowing for extensions as seen in 2 Chronicles 30:23.

Numbers 9:1-3: And the LORD spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the first month of the second year after they were come out of the land of Egypt, saying,

Contradiction with Exodus 12:15-16

These verses dictate the Feast of Unleavened Bread as a strict seven-day observance, contradicting the fifteen-day celebration resulting from 2 Chronicles 30:23.

Exodus 12:15-16: 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 Deuteronomy 16:8

This verse reinforces the observance of a seven-day feast, conflicting with the additional seven days mentioned in 2 Chronicles 30:23.

Deuteronomy 16:8: Six days thou shalt eat unleavened bread: and on the seventh day [shall be] a solemn assembly to the LORD thy God: thou shalt do no work [therein]. [solemn...: Heb. restraint]
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