Contradictions and Paradoxes in Exodus 36:19

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According to Moses, the person who wrote this Bible book, God told the people to make a special tent using animal skins that were made a certain color to keep it safe and dry. This tent was important because it was a special place where people could feel close to God.

Exodus 36:19: And he made a covering for the tent [of] rams' skins dyed red, and a covering [of] badgers' skins above [that].

Contradiction with Exodus 35:11

Exodus 36:19 describes a covering for the tabernacle of rams' skins dyed red and badgers' skins above, while Exodus 35:11 lists the tabernacle specifications without mentioning these specific coverings by material or color.

Exodus 35:11: The tabernacle, his tent, and his covering, his taches, and his boards, his bars, his pillars, and his sockets,

Contradiction with Exodus 39:34

This verse details the final coverings made for the tabernacle as instructed, focusing on other elements not highlighted in the construction phase of Exodus 36:19, creating a discrepancy in recorded construction vs final product descriptions.

Exodus 39:34: And the covering of rams' skins dyed red, and the covering of badgers' skins, and the vail of the covering,

Contradiction with Numbers 4:6

Here, a covering of badger's skins is used to cover the altar, suggesting more usage and allocation of badger's skins than what is inferred in Exodus 36:19.

Numbers 4:6: And shall put thereon the covering of badgers' skins, and shall spread over [it] a cloth wholly of blue, and shall put in the staves thereof.

Contradiction with Hebrews 9:4

The Ark of the Covenant is described with a specific focus and details about items inside it, deviating from the tabernacle cover specifics outlined in Exodus 36:19, offering a different context for sacred item coverings.

Hebrews 9:4: Which had the golden censer, and the ark of the covenant overlaid round about with gold, wherein [was] the golden pot that had manna, and Aaron's rod that budded, and the tables of the covenant;
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