Contradiction with Exodus 13:18
While Amos 2:10 mentions being led through the wilderness, Exodus 13:18 emphasizes that God led the Israelites through the way of the wilderness of the Red Sea, specifically as a strategic decision to avoid war.
Exodus 13:18: But God led the people about, [through] the way of the wilderness of the Red sea: and the children of Israel went up harnessed out of the land of Egypt. [harnessed: or, by five in a rank]
Contradiction with Numbers 14:33
Amos 2:10 recalls leading the Israelites through the wilderness as a blessing, whereas Numbers 14:33 describes it as a punishment for disobedience, where the Israelites wandered for forty years.
Numbers 14:33: And your children shall wander in the wilderness forty years, and bear your whoredoms, until your carcases be wasted in the wilderness. [wander: or, feed]
Contradiction with Deuteronomy 8:2
Amos 2:10 suggests a protective guidance, but Deuteronomy 8:2 presents the wilderness journey as a test to humble and prove the Israelites.
Deuteronomy 8:2: And thou shalt remember all the way which the LORD thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, [and] to prove thee, to know what [was] in thine heart, whether thou wouldest keep his commandments, or no.
Contradiction with Psalm 78:18-19
While Amos 2:10 emphasizes God's provision, Psalm 78:18-19 highlights the Israelites' lack of faith and their questioning of God's ability to provide in the wilderness.
Psalm 78:18-19: And they tempted God in their heart by asking meat for their lust.
Contradiction with 1 Corinthians 10:5
Amos 2:10 suggests God’s favor in leading Israel through the wilderness, yet 1 Corinthians 10:5 points out that God was not pleased with most of them and they were overthrown.
1 Corinthians 10:5: But with many of them God was not well pleased: for they were overthrown in the wilderness.
Contradiction with Hebrews 3:17
Amos 2:10 implies a benevolent journey, whereas Hebrews 3:17 describes God's anger with the Israelites who sinned, resulting in their corpses falling in the wilderness.
Hebrews 3:17: But with whom was he grieved forty years? [was it] not with them that had sinned, whose carcases fell in the wilderness?
Paradox #1
Amos 2:10 mentions God bringing the Israelites out of Egypt and leading them for forty years in the desert. A potential contradiction is that archaeological evidence and historical records outside the Bible have not confirmed the large-scale exodus from Egypt or the long desert wandering as described, leading some scholars to question the historical accuracy of these events.