Contradictions and Paradoxes in Exodus 26:35

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Exodus 26:35 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Exodus 26:35. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Moses, God told the people to put a special table and a lamp in their special meeting place, with the table on one side and the lamp on the other. This way, everything was in the right spot for when they came to worship.

Exodus 26:35: And thou shalt set the table without the vail, and the candlestick over against the table on the side of the tabernacle toward the south: and thou shalt put the table on the north side.

Contradiction with 2 Chronicles 4:7

Contradicts by detailing the Temple furnishings differently, suggesting an alternate arrangement of lamps compared to Exodus 26:35.

2 Chronicles 4:7: And he made ten candlesticks of gold according to their form, and set [them] in the temple, five on the right hand, and five on the left.

Contradiction with 1 Kings 7:48-49

Describes different placement and furnishings in the Temple relative to Exodus 26:35, not aligning with the Tabernacle instructions.

1 Kings 7:48-49: And Solomon made all the vessels that [pertained] unto the house of the LORD: the altar of gold, and the table of gold, whereupon the shewbread [was],

Contradiction with Hebrews 9:2

Offers a New Testament interpretation of the sanctuary layout that diverges from the specifics in Exodus 26:35.

Hebrews 9:2: For there was a tabernacle made; the first, wherein [was] the candlestick, and the table, and the shewbread; which is called the sanctuary. [the sanctuary: or, holy]

Contradiction with Exodus 40:24-25

In this verse, Moses places the lampstand on the north side, unlike the south side arrangement mentioned in Exodus 26:35.

Exodus 40:24-25: And he put the candlestick in the tent of the congregation, over against the table, on the side of the tabernacle southward.
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