Contradictions and Paradoxes in Deuteronomy 10:10

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Deuteronomy 10:10 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Deuteronomy 10:10. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Moses, he went up the mountain to pray to God for forty days and nights, just like he did before, and God listened to him and decided not to destroy the people. This shows that God is kind and willing to forgive when someone prays for others.

Deuteronomy 10:10: And I stayed in the mount, according to the first time, forty days and forty nights; and the LORD hearkened unto me at that time also, [and] the LORD would not destroy thee. [first...: or, former days]

Contradiction with Exodus 33:3

While Deuteronomy 10:10 mentions God not destroying the Israelites, Exodus 33:3 warns that God might consume them due to their stubbornness.

Exodus 33:3: Unto a land flowing with milk and honey: for I will not go up in the midst of thee; for thou [art] a stiffnecked people: lest I consume thee in the way.

Contradiction with Numbers 14:12

Deuteronomy 10:10 indicates God listened to Moses, while Numbers 14:12 shows God threatening to disinherit and destroy the Israelites.

Numbers 14:12: I will smite them with the pestilence, and disinherit them, and will make of thee a greater nation and mightier than they.

Contradiction with Exodus 32:10

Deuteronomy 10:10 involves God being conciliatory towards Israel, but in Exodus 32:10, God is ready to consume them with His wrath.

Exodus 32:10: Now therefore let me alone, that my wrath may wax hot against them, and that I may consume them: and I will make of thee a great nation.

Contradiction with Exodus 32:14

In Deuteronomy 10:10, God is already appeased as per Moses' intercession, while in Exodus 32:14, Moses’ pleading leads God to repent of the punishment.

Exodus 32:14: And the LORD repented of the evil which he thought to do unto his people.
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