Contradictions and Paradoxes in Exodus 33:14

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Exodus 33:14 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Exodus 33:14. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Moses, God promises that He will be with the people and help them feel safe and peaceful. This means that God will guide and take care of them.

Exodus 33:14: And he said, My presence shall go [with thee], and I will give thee rest.

Contradiction with Deuteronomy 31:6

This verse claims that God will not forsake His people, while Exodus 33:14 shows God threatening to not accompany the Israelites.

Deuteronomy 31:6: Be strong and of a good courage, fear not, nor be afraid of them: for the LORD thy God, he [it is] that doth go with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.

Contradiction with Isaiah 59:2

States that sins have separated God from His people, contradicting Exodus 33:14's assurance of presence.

Isaiah 59:2: But your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid [his] face from you, that he will not hear. [have hid: or, have made him hide]

Contradiction with Lamentations 5:20

Questions why God forgets and forsakes, unlike Exodus 33:14, which assures continuing presence.

Lamentations 5:20: Wherefore dost thou forget us for ever, [and] forsake us so long time? [so...: Heb. for length of days?]

Contradiction with Psalm 22:1

Expresses feeling of abandonment by God, conflicting with the promise of presence in Exodus 33:14.

Psalm 22:1: [To the chief Musician upon Aijeleth Shahar, A Psalm of David.] My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? [why art thou so] far from helping me, [and from] the words of my roaring? [Aijeleth...: or, the hind of the morning] [helping...: Heb. my salvation]

Contradiction with 1 Samuel 28:15

Saul feels God has departed from him, opposing Exodus 33:14’s promise of God's presence.

1 Samuel 28:15: And Samuel said to Saul, Why hast thou disquieted me, to bring me up? And Saul answered, I am sore distressed; for the Philistines make war against me, and God is departed from me, and answereth me no more, neither by prophets, nor by dreams: therefore I have called thee, that thou mayest make known unto me what I shall do. [by prophets: Heb. by the hand of prophets]
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