Contradictions and Paradoxes in Exodus 36:16

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Exodus 36:16 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Exodus 36:16. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Moses, the person who wrote this part of the Bible, people were making a big tent for God, and they joined five pieces of cloth together in one group and six pieces in another group. They worked carefully to make sure everything would fit just right for the special tent.

Exodus 36:16: And he coupled five curtains by themselves, and six curtains by themselves.

Contradiction with 1 Kings 6:14

The instruction for the temple's construction is attributed to Solomon, suggesting a different model of divine engagement from the collaborative efforts seen in Exodus 36:16.

1 Kings 6:14: So Solomon built the house, and finished it.

Contradiction with Galatians 2:16

Describes justification by faith, highlighting a potential conflict with the cooperative works-based approach in Exodus 36:16.

Galatians 2:16: Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the law: for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified.

Contradiction with Hebrews 9:11

Mentions Christ as the true tabernacle, contrasting the temporal and material construction described in Exodus 36:16.

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 Matthew 5:17

Suggests Jesus’ fulfillment of the law, which may imply a departure from the ongoing construction efforts of Exodus 36:16.

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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