Contradictions and Paradoxes in Deuteronomy 1:1

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Deuteronomy 1:1 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Deuteronomy 1:1. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Moses, he is talking to the Israelites while they are in a big desert area near the Jordan River. He is reminding them of all the things God told them before they enter a new land.

Deuteronomy 1:1: These [be] the words which Moses spake unto all Israel on this side Jordan in the wilderness, in the plain over against the Red [sea], between Paran, and Tophel, and Laban, and Hazeroth, and Dizahab. [the Red...: or, Zuph]

Contradiction with Numbers 12:6-8

Deuteronomy 1:1 attributes the words to Moses, while Numbers 12:6-8 indicates that God speaks directly to Moses, suggesting God as the ultimate author.

Numbers 12:6-8: And he said, Hear now my words: If there be a prophet among you, [I] the LORD will make myself known unto him in a vision, [and] will speak unto him in a dream.

Contradiction with Exodus 20:1-17

Deuteronomy 1:1 states Moses spoke to Israel, while in Exodus 20:1-17, God Himself is directly speaking to the Israelites, showing a different mode of communication.

Exodus 20:1-17: And God spake all these words, saying,

Contradiction with Hebrews 1:1-2

Deuteronomy 1:1 records Moses as the spokesperson, whereas Hebrews 1:1-2 suggests God previously spoke through prophets but has now communicated through His Son, implying Moses's time is past.

Hebrews 1:1-2: God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets,

Contradiction with John 5:46-47

Deuteronomy 1:1 emphasizes Moses's words, but John 5:46-47 highlights that if the people believed Moses, who wrote about Jesus, they should believe Jesus, pointing to the insufficiency of merely Moses's words.

John 5:46-47: For had ye believed Moses, ye would have believed me: for he wrote of me.
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