Contradictions and Paradoxes in Deuteronomy 5:2

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Deuteronomy 5:2 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Deuteronomy 5:2. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Moses, God made a special promise with us on a mountain called Horeb. This promise shows that God wants to be our friend and take care of us.

Deuteronomy 5:2: The LORD our God made a covenant with us in Horeb.

Contradiction with Jeremiah 31:31-32

This verse speaks of a new covenant that differs from the one made with the ancestors, suggesting that the original covenant is not eternal or unchanging.

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 Romans 7:6

This verse discusses being delivered from the law of the old covenant to serve in the newness of the Spirit, implying a transformation from the old agreement.

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 Hebrews 8:13

By calling this covenant “new,” this verse makes the first obsolete, indicating a shift away from the original covenant described in Deuteronomy 5:2.

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 3:19

This passage highlights the temporary nature of the law, given until the coming of Christ, suggesting limitations to the permanence of the covenant mentioned in Deuteronomy.

Galatians 3:19: Wherefore then [serveth] the law? It was added because of transgressions, till the seed should come to whom the promise was made; [and it was] ordained by angels in the hand of a mediator.

Contradiction with 2 Corinthians 3:14

This verse discusses the old covenant as surpassed by the new, implying that the covenant referenced in Deuteronomy is no longer applicable in the same way.

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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