Contradictions and Paradoxes in Exodus 32:16

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Exodus 32:16 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Exodus 32:16. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of Exodus, this means that God himself made the stone tablets and wrote on them. These tablets were very special because they came directly from God.

Exodus 32:16: And the tables [were] the work of God, and the writing [was] the writing of God, graven upon the tables.

Contradiction with Jeremiah 31:33

This verse speaks of God's law being written on hearts rather than tablets of stone, contrasting with the physical tablets mentioned in Exodus 32:16.

Jeremiah 31:33: But this [shall be] the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the LORD, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people.

Contradiction with Hebrews 8:10

Similar to Jeremiah 31:33, it describes God's law written on hearts, in contrast to the tablets written with God's finger in Exodus 32:16.

Hebrews 8:10: For this [is] the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people: [put: Gr. give] [in: or, upon]

Contradiction with 2 Corinthians 3:3

Describes the new covenant as written not on tablets of stone but on human hearts, contrasting with the stone tablets of Exodus 32:16.

2 Corinthians 3:3: [Forasmuch as ye are] manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tables of stone, but in fleshy tables of the heart.

Contradiction with Matthew 5:17

Jesus claims to fulfill the law, suggesting a shift from the written law given in Exodus 32:16.

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.
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