Contradictions and Paradoxes in Deuteronomy 31:11

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Deuteronomy 31:11 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Deuteronomy 31:11. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Moses, this verse means that when all the people of Israel gather in the special place God picks, they should listen to God's rules being read out loud so everyone can hear and remember. It's like a big family meeting where everyone listens and learns together.

Deuteronomy 31:11: When all Israel is come to appear before the LORD thy God in the place which he shall choose, thou shalt read this law before all Israel in their hearing.

Contradiction with Amos 8:11-12

These verses speak of a famine of hearing the words of the Lord, implying a time when the law will not be heard, contradicting the instruction to read the law regularly in Deuteronomy 31:11.

Amos 8:11-12: Behold, the days come, saith the Lord GOD, that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the LORD:

Contradiction with Jeremiah 31:33-34

These verses promise a new covenant where the law is written on hearts and no longer needs to be taught or read, in contrast to the public reading of the law commanded in Deuteronomy 31:11.

Jeremiah 31:33-34: 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 Hebrews 10:16

Echoes Jeremiah 31:33, suggesting the law is internalized, conflicting with the external, public reading of the law outlined in Deuteronomy 31:11.

Hebrews 10:16: This [is] the covenant that I will make with them after those days, saith the Lord, I will put my laws into their hearts, and in their minds will I write them;

Contradiction with Romans 2:14-15

Suggests that Gentiles who do not have the law can act according to the law because it is written on their hearts, challenging the necessity of the public reading of the law as ordained in Deuteronomy 31:11.

Romans 2:14-15: For when the Gentiles, which have not the law, do by nature the things contained in the law, these, having not the law, are a law unto themselves:
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