Contradictions and Paradoxes in Deuteronomy 27:3

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Deuteronomy 27:3 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Deuteronomy 27:3. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Moses, God wants people to remember His special rules by writing them down. This way, when they go into the wonderful land He promised, they will always know how to live the way God wants them to.

Deuteronomy 27:3: And thou shalt write upon them all the words of this law, when thou art passed over, that thou mayest go in unto the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, a land that floweth with milk and honey; as the LORD God of thy fathers hath promised thee.

Contradiction with Deuteronomy 12:32

This verse contradicts as it commands not to add to or take away from God's commands, while Deuteronomy 27:3 involves writing the law on stones, which can be seen as adding to it.

Deuteronomy 12:32: What thing soever I command you, observe to do it: thou shalt not add thereto, nor diminish from it.

Contradiction with Jeremiah 31:33

This verse suggests that the law should be written on hearts rather than stones, contradicting the physical inscription of the law in Deuteronomy 27:3.

Jeremiah 31:33: But this [shall be] the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the LORD, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people.

Contradiction with 2 Corinthians 3:3

This verse contrasts the law written on tablets of stone with the Spirit writing it on human hearts, opposing the emphasis on stone inscriptions in Deuteronomy 27:3.

2 Corinthians 3:3: [Forasmuch as ye are] manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tables of stone, but in fleshy tables of the heart.

Contradiction with Hebrews 8:10

This verse also emphasizes God's law written in minds and hearts, not on stones, creating a contrast with Deuteronomy 27:3.

Hebrews 8:10: For this [is] the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people: [put: Gr. give] [in: or, upon]

Contradiction with Ephesians 2:15

This verse speaks of abolishing the law of commandments, which goes against the preservation of the law on stones as mentioned in Deuteronomy 27:3.

Ephesians 2:15: Having abolished in his flesh the enmity, [even] the law of commandments [contained] in ordinances; for to make in himself of twain one new man, [so] making peace;
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