Contradictions and Paradoxes in Deuteronomy 33:22

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Deuteronomy 33:22 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Deuteronomy 33:22. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Moses, Dan is like a young lion who is full of energy and strength, ready to jump out and explore from a place called Bashan. This means that the people from the tribe of Dan are strong and brave.

Deuteronomy 33:22: And of Dan he said, Dan [is] a lion's whelp: he shall leap from Bashan.

Contradiction with Genesis 49:27

Deuteronomy 33:22 describes Dan as a lion's whelp, implying strength, whereas Genesis 49:27 portrays Benjamin as a ravenous wolf, highlighting fierceness, not linked to Dan's imagery.

Genesis 49:27: Benjamin shall ravin [as] a wolf: in the morning he shall devour the prey, and at night he shall divide the spoil.

Contradiction with Judges 18:1

Deuteronomy 33:22 suggests Dan inherits land confidently, but Judges 18:1 describes Dan seeking territory, implying lack of settled inheritance.

Judges 18:1: In those days [there was] no king in Israel: and in those days the tribe of the Danites sought them an inheritance to dwell in; for unto that day [all their] inheritance had not fallen unto them among the tribes of Israel.

Contradiction with Revelation 7:4-8

Deuteronomy 33:22 includes Dan as a tribe of Israel, yet Revelation 7:4-8 omits Dan from the 144,000 tribes listed, indicating exclusion.

Revelation 7:4-8: And I heard the number of them which were sealed: [and there were] sealed an hundred [and] forty [and] four thousand of all the tribes of the children of Israel.
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