Contradictions and Paradoxes in Exodus 27:21

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Exodus 27:21 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Exodus 27:21. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Moses, this verse means that Aaron and his sons have an important job to keep a special light burning for God from evening to morning. This is a rule for the people of Israel that should be followed forever.

Exodus 27:21: In the tabernacle of the congregation without the vail, which [is] before the testimony, Aaron and his sons shall order it from evening to morning before the LORD: [it shall be] a statute for ever unto their generations on the behalf of the children of Israel.

Contradiction with Hebrews 9:6-10

Exodus 27:21 describes an ongoing practice of maintaining the lamp, whereas Hebrews 9:6-10 implies a transition from the old covenant practices to a more spiritual worship, suggesting the ceasing of the old practices with the coming of Christ.

Hebrews 9:6-10: Now when these things were thus ordained, the priests went always into the first tabernacle, accomplishing the service [of God].

Contradiction with John 4:23-24

This verse emphasizes worship in "spirit and truth," moving away from physical rituals like maintaining the tabernacle lights described in Exodus 27:21.

John 4:23-24: But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him.

Contradiction with Hebrews 10:1-4

Argues that the law is a shadow of good things to come and the rituals it entails, like those in Exodus 27:21, cannot perfect the worshippers permanently.

Hebrews 10:1-4: For the law having a shadow of good things to come, [and] not the very image of the things, can never with those sacrifices which they offered year by year continually make the comers thereunto perfect.
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