Contradictions and Paradoxes in Exodus 35:18

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Exodus 35:18 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Exodus 35:18. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Moses, the verse means God wanted special sticks and ropes to help hold up the big tent and its yard where people came to worship. These items were important so everything stayed in place and didn’t fall down.

Exodus 35:18: The pins of the tabernacle, and the pins of the court, and their cords,

Contradiction with Exodus 35:19

This verse continues the listing of items for the tabernacle, potentially overwriting the importance or focus on the specific items mentioned in 35:18, thus creating a contradiction in significance.

Exodus 35:19: The cloths of service, to do service in the holy [place], the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments of his sons, to minister in the priest's office.

Contradiction with Exodus 36:7

This verse states that there was more than enough material, possibly contradicting the necessity emphasized in 35:18 for all the items listed for the tabernacle assembly.

Exodus 36:7: For the stuff they had was sufficient for all the work to make it, and too much.

Contradiction with Hebrews 9:11

It describes Christ as a high priest of good things to come with a greater and more perfect tabernacle not made with hands, which contrasts with the physical items and structures mentioned in Exodus 35:18.

Hebrews 9:11: But Christ being come an high priest of good things to come, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this building;

Contradiction with Acts 7:48

States that the most High dwells not in temples made with hands, contradicting the notion of the physical tabernacle's key elements emphasized in Exodus 35:18.

Acts 7:48: Howbeit the most High dwelleth not in temples made with hands; as saith the prophet,

Contradiction with John 4:21

Jesus speaks of a time when worship will not be confined to a specific location, like a mountain or Jerusalem, indirectly contrasting with the detailed, location-specific worship structures in Exodus 35:18.

John 4:21: Jesus saith unto her, Woman, believe me, the hour cometh, when ye shall neither in this mountain, nor yet at Jerusalem, worship the Father.
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