Contradictions and Paradoxes in Deuteronomy 5:30

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Deuteronomy 5:30 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Deuteronomy 5:30. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Moses, God is telling the people to go back to their tents and rest after hearing His words. It's like saying, "You've heard what I want, now go home and think about it."

Deuteronomy 5:30: Go say to them, Get you into your tents again.

Contradiction with Exodus 32:8

Contradicts by showing the Israelites quickly turning away from God's commands, whereas Deuteronomy 5:30 reflects an intention for obedience.

Exodus 32:8: They have turned aside quickly out of the way which I commanded them: they have made them a molten calf, and have worshipped it, and have sacrificed thereunto, and said, These [be] thy gods, O Israel, which have brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.

Contradiction with Judges 2:17

Demonstrates how the Israelites often did not listen to their judges and went after other gods, contrasting with God's command in Deuteronomy 5:30 to heed His laws.

Judges 2:17: And yet they would not hearken unto their judges, but they went a whoring after other gods, and bowed themselves unto them: they turned quickly out of the way which their fathers walked in, obeying the commandments of the LORD; [but] they did not so.

Contradiction with 1 Samuel 8:7-8

Reflects the Israelites' desire for a human king, rejecting God's unique leadership, contrasting Deuteronomy 5:30's directive for adherence to God's words.

1 Samuel 8:7-8: And the LORD said unto Samuel, Hearken unto the voice of the people in all that they say unto thee: for they have not rejected thee, but they have rejected me, that I should not reign over them.

Contradiction with Ezekiel 20:21

Describes how the children of Israel rebelled against God's statutes, contradicting the intention of adherence implied in Deuteronomy 5:30.

Ezekiel 20:21: Notwithstanding the children rebelled against me: they walked not in my statutes, neither kept my judgments to do them, which [if] a man do, he shall even live in them; they polluted my sabbaths: then I said, I would pour out my fury upon them, to accomplish my anger against them in the wilderness.

Contradiction with Matthew 15:8-9

Jesus criticizes the Pharisees for honoring God with their lips while their hearts are far from Him, which can be seen as contradicting the sincere obedience expected in Deuteronomy 5:30.

Matthew 15:8-9: This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with [their] lips; but their heart is far from me.
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