Contradictions and Paradoxes in Exodus 25:24

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According to Moses, this verse means that God wanted a special table to be covered with shiny gold and have a golden edge to make it very beautiful and important. This was to show that what they were building was special for worshiping God.

Exodus 25:24: And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, and make thereto a crown of gold round about.

Contradiction with Exodus 20:4

Prohibits the creation of graven images, contrasting the elaborate craftsmanship described in Exodus 25:24.

Exodus 20:4: Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness [of any thing] that [is] in heaven above, or that [is] in the earth beneath, or that [is] in the water under the earth:

Contradiction with Matthew 6:19

Advises against storing treasures on Earth, conflicting with the use of gold in Exodus 25:24.

Matthew 6:19: Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:

Contradiction with Isaiah 40:18

Questions to whom God can be likened, opposing the crafting of likenesses as in Exodus 25:24.

Isaiah 40:18: To whom then will ye liken God? or what likeness will ye compare unto him?

Contradiction with Matthew 23:16-17

Criticizes focusing on gold, counteracting the gold overlay in Exodus 25:24.

Matthew 23:16-17: Woe unto you, [ye] blind guides, which say, Whosoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, he is a debtor!

Contradiction with Acts 17:24

States God does not dwell in temples made with hands, contrasting the tabernacle details in Exodus 25:24.

Acts 17:24: God that made the world and all things therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands;
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