Contradictions and Paradoxes in Deuteronomy 13:7

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Deuteronomy 13:7 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Deuteronomy 13:7. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Moses, God wants His people to be careful and not worship or follow other gods that different people around them might believe in. God asks them to stay faithful to Him, no matter where they live or travel in the world.

Deuteronomy 13:7: [Namely], of the gods of the people which [are] round about you, nigh unto thee, or far off from thee, from the [one] end of the earth even unto the [other] end of the earth;

Contradiction with Exodus 20:3

This verse instructs to have no other gods before the LORD, supporting the exclusivity of worship to one God.

Exodus 20:3: Thou shalt have no other gods before me.

Contradiction with Matthew 4:10

Jesus states worship and serve only God, opposing the idea of following other gods.

Matthew 4:10: Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.

Contradiction with Isaiah 45:5

Declares there is no god besides the LORD, contradicting the notion of other gods.

Isaiah 45:5: I [am] the LORD, and [there is] none else, [there is] no God beside me: I girded thee, though thou hast not known me:

Contradiction with 1 Corinthians 8:5-6

Asserts that even if there are so-called gods, for Christians, there is only one God.

1 Corinthians 8:5-6: For though there be that are called gods, whether in heaven or in earth, (as there be gods many, and lords many,)

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