Contradictions and Paradoxes in Exodus 36:31

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Exodus 36:31 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Exodus 36:31. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Moses, this verse talks about making special wooden bars to hold together the walls of a big tent called the tabernacle. This tent was important because it was where people went to feel close to God.

Exodus 36:31: And he made bars of shittim wood; five for the boards of the one side of the tabernacle,

Contradiction with Genesis 1:1

The creation of the earth contradicts the specific construction instructions in Exodus 36:31.

Genesis 1:1: In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.

Contradiction with Exodus 20:13

The commandment "Thou shalt not kill" contradicts the later descriptions of wars and killings ordered by God.

Exodus 20:13: Thou shalt not kill.

Contradiction with Jeremiah 32:27

Declaring God's omnipotence contradicts the limitations shown in needing detailed instructions for building structures.

Jeremiah 32:27: Behold, I [am] the LORD, the God of all flesh: is there any thing too hard for me?

Contradiction with Numbers 23:19

God's unchanging nature is contradicted by the evolving building instructions and human intervention in Exodus 36:31.

Numbers 23:19: God [is] not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do [it]? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?

Contradiction with Luke 14:26

The demand for absolute devotion to Jesus contradicts the detailed communal work and cooperation in the construction in Exodus.

Luke 14:26: If any [man] come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.

Contradiction with Matthew 18:20

The presence of Jesus among his followers contradicts the necessity of a physical Tabernacle structure in Exodus.

Matthew 18:20: For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.
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