Contradictions and Paradoxes in Exodus 36:21

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Exodus 36:21 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Exodus 36:21. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Moses, the boards used to build the special tent for worship were very big and long, like giant building blocks. They had to be just the right size to make sure everything was put together correctly.

Exodus 36:21: The length of a board [was] ten cubits, and the breadth of a board one cubit and a half.

Contradiction with 1 Kings 6:2

While Exodus 36:21 describes the dimensions of the boards for the tabernacle as ten cubits tall, 1 Kings 6:2 describes the temple as vastly larger, suggesting differing priorities and scales of sacred spaces.

1 Kings 6:2: And the house which king Solomon built for the LORD, the length thereof [was] threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof twenty [cubits], and the height thereof thirty cubits.

Contradiction with 2 Chronicles 2:4-5

The verse mentions the construction of a house of worship to be exceedingly great, which contrasts with the much smaller scale of the tabernacle boards mentioned in Exodus 36:21.

2 Chronicles 2:4-5: Behold, I build an house to the name of the LORD my God, to dedicate [it] to him, [and] to burn before him sweet incense, and for the continual shewbread, and for the burnt offerings morning and evening, on the sabbaths, and on the new moons, and on the solemn feasts of the LORD our God. This [is an ordinance] for ever to Israel. [sweet...: Heb. incense of spices]

Contradiction with Ezekiel 41:8

In this verse, Ezekiel describes temple walls with different measurements and grandeur, contrasting with the specified and simpler construction dimensions in Exodus 36:21.

Ezekiel 41:8: I saw also the height of the house round about: the foundations of the side chambers [were] a full reed of six great cubits.

Contradiction with Hebrews 9:11

This passage speaks of a greater and more perfect tabernacle not made with hands, contradicting the physical and specific construction details referenced in Exodus 36:21.

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;
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