Contradictions and Paradoxes in Deuteronomy 4:41

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Deuteronomy 4:41 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Deuteronomy 4:41. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the writer of Deuteronomy, Moses picked three special cities where people who made big mistakes could go to be safe and get a fair chance. This was to help everyone be fair and caring to one another.

Deuteronomy 4:41: Then Moses severed three cities on this side Jordan toward the sunrising;

Contradiction with Exodus 21:12-13

Exodus 21:12-13 prescribes death for a person who kills another, whereas Deuteronomy 4:41 provides cities of refuge for those who accidentally kill someone.

Exodus 21:12-13: He that smiteth a man, so that he die, shall be surely put to death.

Contradiction with Numbers 35:16-19

Numbers 35:16-19 states that a murderer shall be put to death by the avenger of blood, contrasting with the refuge provided in Deuteronomy 4:41.

Numbers 35:16-19: And if he smite him with an instrument of iron, so that he die, he [is] a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.
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