Contradictions and Paradoxes in Exodus 25:4

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Exodus 25:4 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Exodus 25:4. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Moses, God wanted the people to use special materials like blue, purple, and scarlet yarns, fine linen, and goat hair to make beautiful things for Him. These colors and materials were to show honor and make everything look very special and important.

Exodus 25:4: And blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats' [hair], [fine...: or, silk]

Contradiction with Proverbs 31:22

This verse praises the virtuous woman for making coverings of tapestry, of similar materials for her own household, not a communal religious purpose.

Proverbs 31:22: She maketh herself coverings of tapestry; her clothing [is] silk and purple.

Contradiction with Matthew 6:28

Jesus advises against worrying about clothing, implying a contrast to the meticulous gathering of materials.

Matthew 6:28: And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin:

Contradiction with Isaiah 3:18-23

Depicts God taking away fine clothing and ornaments, in contrast to the accumulation of fine materials in Exodus.

Isaiah 3:18-23: In that day the Lord will take away the bravery of [their] tinkling ornaments [about their feet], and [their] cauls, and [their] round tires like the moon, [cauls: or, networks]

Contradiction with Matthew 23:5

Criticizes those who make broad their phylacteries and enlarge the borders of their garments, differing from gathering fine materials for spiritual purposes.

Matthew 23:5: But all their works they do for to be seen of men: they make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the borders of their garments, [phylacteries: pieces of parchment containing sentences of the law]

Contradiction with 1 Peter 3:3

Advises against elaborate clothing and adornment, highlighting inner beauty over material collection like in Exodus.

1 Peter 3:3: Whose adorning let it not be that outward [adorning] of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel;
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