Contradictions and Paradoxes in Exodus 26:10

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Exodus 26:10 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Exodus 26:10. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Moses, God was giving special instructions to make a big tent, and these loops would help tie the big pieces of cloth together. It's like when you use buttons to make sure your shirt stays on.

Exodus 26:10: And thou shalt make fifty loops on the edge of the one curtain [that is] outmost in the coupling, and fifty loops in the edge of the curtain which coupleth the second.

Contradiction with Exodus 26:1

Exodus 26:1 describes the detailed construction of the tabernacle, which complements rather than contradicts Exodus 26:10.

Exodus 26:1: Moreover thou shalt make the tabernacle [with] ten curtains [of] fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet: [with] cherubims of cunning work shalt thou make them. [of cunning...: Heb. the work of a cunning workman, or, embroiderer]

Contradiction with Exodus 26:12

While Exodus 26:12 describes additional requirements for the tabernacle, it aligns with the construction details rather than contradicting Exodus 26:10.

Exodus 26:12: And the remnant that remaineth of the curtains of the tent, the half curtain that remaineth, shall hang over the backside of the tabernacle.

Contradiction with Exodus 35:11

Exodus 35:11 reiterates instructions for the tabernacle construction which are consistent with Exodus 26:10 rather than contradictory.

Exodus 35:11: The tabernacle, his tent, and his covering, his taches, and his boards, his bars, his pillars, and his sockets,

Contradiction with Exodus 36:9

Exodus 36:9 describes the lengths of the curtains for the tabernacle, which is not in contradiction with the joining of curtains in Exodus 26:10.

Exodus 36:9: The length of one curtain [was] twenty and eight cubits, and the breadth of one curtain four cubits: the curtains [were] all of one size.
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