Contradictions and Paradoxes in Exodus 26:37

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Exodus 26:37 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Exodus 26:37. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Moses, God told the people to build a special place with important materials like gold and wood. These instructions were meant to make the place beautiful and special for God to be with His people.

Exodus 26:37: And thou shalt make for the hanging five pillars [of] shittim [wood], and overlay them with gold, [and] their hooks [shall be of] gold: and thou shalt cast five sockets of brass for them.

Contradiction with Genesis 6:16

This verse specifies only one door for the ark, whereas Exodus 26:37 refers to numerous sockets for a tabernacle door, suggesting a larger and complex structure.

Genesis 6:16: A window shalt thou make to the ark, and in a cubit shalt thou finish it above; and the door of the ark shalt thou set in the side thereof; [with] lower, second, and third [stories] shalt thou make it.

Contradiction with John 10:9

This verse presents Jesus as the singular "door" to salvation, contrasting with the literal door in Exodus 26:37 signifying access to a physical space.

John 10:9: I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture.

Contradiction with Revelation 3:20

This verse describes a door that is a metaphor for opportunity and access to a relationship, in contrast to the physical and structural door of the tabernacle in Exodus 26:37.

Revelation 3:20: Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.
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