Contradictions and Paradoxes in Deuteronomy 29:1

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Deuteronomy 29:1 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Deuteronomy 29:1. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Moses, this verse means that God gave special rules to Moses to tell the Israelites in a place called Moab, just like he did before in another place called Horeb. These rules were important promises between God and the Israelites to help them live well and be happy.

Deuteronomy 29:1: These [are] the words of the covenant, which the LORD commanded Moses to make with the children of Israel in the land of Moab, beside the covenant which he made with them in Horeb.

Contradiction with Jeremiah 31:31-32

These verses talk about a new covenant that will be different from the one made with the Israelites, suggesting the old covenant, including what is described in Deuteronomy 29:1, may be superseded.

Jeremiah 31:31-32: Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah:

Contradiction with Hebrews 8:13

This verse declares the old covenant as obsolete, contrasting Deuteronomy 29:1 that describes the establishment of this covenant.

Hebrews 8:13: In that he saith, A new [covenant], he hath made the first old. Now that which decayeth and waxeth old [is] ready to vanish away.

Contradiction with Galatians 4:24-26

These verses contrast two covenants, indicating that the covenant at Mount Sinai (akin to Deuteronomy 29:1) leads to bondage, contradicting the perpetuity suggested in Deuteronomy.

Galatians 4:24-26: Which things are an allegory: for these are the two covenants; the one from the mount Sinai, which gendereth to bondage, which is Agar. [covenants: or, testaments] [Sinai: Gr. Sina]

Contradiction with Romans 7:6

This verse indicates that believers are released from the old law, potentially contradicting the enduring nature of the covenant described in Deuteronomy 29:1.

Romans 7:6: But now we are delivered from the law, that being dead wherein we were held; that we should serve in newness of spirit, and not [in] the oldness of the letter. [that being...: or, being dead to that]

Contradiction with 2 Corinthians 3:14

This verse suggests the old covenant is veiled, implying it is not fully revealed or understood, challenging the clarity and completeness expressed in Deuteronomy 29:1.

2 Corinthians 3:14: But their minds were blinded: for until this day remaineth the same vail untaken away in the reading of the old testament; which [vail] is done away in Christ.
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