Contradictions and Paradoxes in Exodus 26:18

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Exodus 26:18 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Exodus 26:18. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Moses, God told the people to make a special tent called the tabernacle using wooden boards. They had to put twenty boards on one side of the tent.

Exodus 26:18: And thou shalt make the boards for the tabernacle, twenty boards on the south side southward.

Contradiction with Exodus 20:4

This verse contradicts the instructions for constructing something physical, like the tabernacle in Exodus 26:18, by prohibiting the making of graven images.

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 5:17

Whereas Exodus 26:18 prescribes specific rules for building the tabernacle, this verse implies fulfillment of the Old Law by Jesus, potentially rendering such instructions obsolete.

Matthew 5:17: Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.

Contradiction with Acts 7:48

Suggests that God does not dwell in buildings made with hands, which contradicts the idea of creating a holy dwelling as in Exodus 26:18.

Acts 7:48: Howbeit the most High dwelleth not in temples made with hands; as saith the prophet,

Contradiction with John 4:21

Jesus speaks of a time when the physical location of worship won't matter, contradicting the emphasis on physical construction in Exodus 26:18.

John 4:21: Jesus saith unto her, Woman, believe me, the hour cometh, when ye shall neither in this mountain, nor yet at Jerusalem, worship the Father.

Contradiction with Hebrews 9:11

Suggests a more perfect tabernacle not made with human hands, in contradiction to the physically built structure described in Exodus 26:18.

Hebrews 9:11: But Christ being come an high priest of good things to come, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this building;
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