Contradictions and Paradoxes in Exodus 26:19

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Exodus 26:19 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Exodus 26:19. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Moses, this verse is about building a special tent for God. The silver pieces help the boards stand up strong.

Exodus 26:19: And thou shalt make forty sockets of silver under the twenty boards; two sockets under one board for his two tenons, and two sockets under another board for his two tenons. [tenons: Heb. hands]

Contradiction with Exodus 20:4

Contradicted by the concept of creating physical representations.

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

Contradicted by storing material wealth for constructing the tabernacle.

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 7:48

Contradicted by the notion that God dwells in man-made structures.

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

Contradiction with 2 Corinthians 4:18

Contradicted by focusing on the construction of physical objects over unseen, eternal matters.

2 Corinthians 4:18: While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen [are] temporal; but the things which are not seen [are] eternal.

Contradiction with Hebrews 9:11

Contradicted by introducing a more perfect tabernacle not made with hands.

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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