Contradictions and Paradoxes in Exodus 25:3

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Exodus 25:3 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Exodus 25:3. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Moses, God asked the people to bring gifts like gold, silver, and brass to help build a special place for Him. These gifts were meant to show love and help make a beautiful place to worship God.

Exodus 25:3: And this [is] the offering which ye shall take of them; gold, and silver, and brass, [offering: or, heave offering]

Contradiction with Exodus 32:4

This verse describes the making of a golden calf from the gold earrings, which contradicts the purpose of gathering precious metals in Exodus 25:3 for the Tabernacle, as it was used for idolatry instead.

Exodus 32:4: And he received [them] at their hand, and fashioned it with a graving tool, after he had made it a molten calf: and they said, These [be] thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.

Contradiction with Deuteronomy 9:16

This verse describes the people's sin in making a molten calf, using gold that could have served the Tabernacle's construction as mentioned in Exodus 25:3.

Deuteronomy 9:16: And I looked, and, behold, ye had sinned against the LORD your God, [and] had made you a molten calf: ye had turned aside quickly out of the way which the LORD had commanded you.

Contradiction with Matthew 6:19

This verse advises against storing treasures on Earth, which contradicts collecting precious metals for constructing the Tabernacle as mentioned in Exodus 25:3.

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 Acts 17:24

This verse states that God does not dwell in temples made with hands, which contradicts the instruction in Exodus 25:3 to gather materials for the Tabernacle, a dwelling place for God.

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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