Contradictions and Paradoxes in Exodus 38:17

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Exodus 38:17 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Exodus 38:17. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Moses, this verse is about how part of God's special tent was built using shiny metals. It shows us that making a place for God was very important and needed to look really nice.

Exodus 38:17: And the sockets for the pillars [were of] brass; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets [of] silver; and the overlaying of their chapiters [of] silver; and all the pillars of the court [were] filleted with silver.

Contradiction with 1 Kings 6:22

Exodus 38:17 describes the materials for tabernacle pillars using brass, while 1 Kings 6:22 discusses the temple being overlaid with gold, indicating a different standard for holy structures.

1 Kings 6:22: And the whole house he overlaid with gold, until he had finished all the house: also the whole altar that [was] by the oracle he overlaid with gold.

Contradiction with Exodus 26:32

Exodus 26:32 specifies the use of gold for the hooks in the tabernacle, which contrasts with Exodus 38:17 that uses brass for hooks.

Exodus 26:32: And thou shalt hang it upon four pillars of shittim [wood] overlaid with gold: their hooks [shall be of] gold, upon the four sockets of silver.

Contradiction with 1 Kings 7:45

This verse mentions that temple furnishings like pots and shovels were brass, but it contrasts with using it for doors in Exodus 38:17.

1 Kings 7:45: And the pots, and the shovels, and the basons: and all these vessels, which Hiram made to king Solomon for the house of the LORD, [were of] bright brass. [bright: Heb. made bright or, scoured]

Contradiction with 2 Chronicles 3:7

Here, the interior of the temple is overlaid with gold, in contrast to the brass used in Exodus 38:17 for the tabernacle posts.

2 Chronicles 3:7: He overlaid also the house, the beams, the posts, and the walls thereof, and the doors thereof, with gold; and graved cherubims on the walls.

Contradiction with Ezekiel 41:22

Describes the altar as being of wood, opposed to the brass used in tabernacle structures in Exodus 38:17.

Ezekiel 41:22: The altar of wood [was] three cubits high, and the length thereof two cubits; and the corners thereof, and the length thereof, and the walls thereof, [were] of wood: and he said unto me, This [is] the table that [is] before the LORD.
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