Contradictions and Paradoxes in Exodus 38:27

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Exodus 38:27 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Exodus 38:27. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Moses, the silver was used to make bases for the special tent where God would meet with people, with each base made from one big piece of silver. This shows how God wanted everything built with care and purpose.

Exodus 38:27: And of the hundred talents of silver were cast the sockets of the sanctuary, and the sockets of the vail; an hundred sockets of the hundred talents, a talent for a socket.

Contradiction with Exodus 30:11-16

The amount of silver collected for the tabernacle services is described differently in these verses compared to the number in Exodus 38:27.

Exodus 30:11-16: And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

Contradiction with Numbers 1:46

Provides a different total count of the Israelites which could influence the amount of silver collected for offerings as noted in Exodus 38:27.

Numbers 1:46: Even all they that were numbered were six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty.

Contradiction with Numbers 3:47-49

Describes the use of redemption money for the Levites, which might contrast with how the silver was used in Exodus 38:27.

Numbers 3:47-49: Thou shalt even take five shekels apiece by the poll, after the shekel of the sanctuary shalt thou take [them]: (the shekel [is] twenty gerahs:)

Contradiction with 2 Chronicles 2:4-5

Discusses the dedication of silver and other materials for the house of the Lord in ways that may differ from the use in Exodus 38:27.

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]
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