Contradictions and Paradoxes in Exodus 10:15

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Exodus 10:15 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Exodus 10:15. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Moses, this verse means that a lot of bugs, called locusts, covered the land and ate all the plants and food in Egypt, leaving nothing green behind. It was so many locusts that the land turned dark because of them.

Exodus 10:15: For they covered the face of the whole earth, so that the land was darkened; and they did eat every herb of the land, and all the fruit of the trees which the hail had left: and there remained not any green thing in the trees, or in the herbs of the field, through all the land of Egypt.

Contradiction with Exodus 10:19

Demonstrates a resolution and relief from the locusts, which contradicts the destruction and persistence caused by the locusts in Exodus 10:15.

Exodus 10:19: And the LORD turned a mighty strong west wind, which took away the locusts, and cast them into the Red sea; there remained not one locust in all the coasts of Egypt. [cast: Heb. fastened]

Contradiction with Joel 2:25

Indicates that God will restore the years lost to the locusts, contradicting the absolute devastation and lack of restoration expressed in Exodus 10:15.

Joel 2:25: And I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten, the cankerworm, and the caterpiller, and the palmerworm, my great army which I sent among you.

Contradiction with Psalm 105:34-35

Suggests a divine command and purpose for the locusts, whereas Exodus 10:15 highlights their destructive effect without mentioning divine purpose.

Psalm 105:34-35: He spake, and the locusts came, and caterpillers, and that without number,

Contradiction with Exodus 8:31

Shows that God removed the flies and ended their suffering, contrasting with the continual devastation caused by the locusts in Exodus 10:15.

Exodus 8:31: And the LORD did according to the word of Moses; and he removed the swarms [of flies] from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people; there remained not one.

Paradox #1

Some historians and scholars point out that the description of the locust plague affecting all crops and plants in Egypt may not align with certain archaeological evidence. They argue there's limited evidence for such a devastating and widespread ecological disaster in the historical and environmental records of ancient Egypt. However, due to the nature of ancient historical records, this absence of evidence is not definitive.

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