Contradictions and Paradoxes in Exodus 37:28

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Exodus 37:28 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Exodus 37:28. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Moses, they made sticks from special wood and covered them with shiny gold. This shows how important and special the thing they were making was.

Exodus 37:28: And he made the staves [of] shittim wood, and overlaid them with gold.

Contradiction with Exodus 25:37

Exodus 37:28 describes the making of incense, but Exodus 25:37 discusses the lampstand and its lamps, showing a difference in focus on items made for the tabernacle.

Exodus 25:37: And thou shalt make the seven lamps thereof: and they shall light the lamps thereof, that they may give light over against it. [shall light: or, shall cause to ascend] [it: Heb. the face of it]

Contradiction with Exodus 30:25

Exodus 37:28 involves the overlaying of staves with gold, while Exodus 30:25 speaks about the anointing oil, highlighting a difference in the type of sacred objects being mentioned.

Exodus 30:25: And thou shalt make it an oil of holy ointment, an ointment compound after the art of the apothecary: it shall be an holy anointing oil. [apothecary: or, perfumer]

Contradiction with Numbers 4:9

Exodus 37:28 deals with gold overlay, but Numbers 4:9 refers to the covering of items with a blue cloth, indicating a variance in materials used for covering sanctuary instruments.

Numbers 4:9: And they shall take a cloth of blue, and cover the candlestick of the light, and his lamps, and his tongs, and his snuffdishes, and all the oil vessels thereof, wherewith they minister unto it:
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