Contradictions and Paradoxes in Exodus 39:41

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Exodus 39:41 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Exodus 39:41. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Moses, the clothes for the priests were special because they helped Aaron and his sons do their important jobs in the holy place. These special clothes showed they were chosen to serve God and help the people.

Exodus 39:41: The cloths of service to do service in the holy [place], and the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and his sons' garments, to minister in the priest's office.

Contradiction with Exodus 25:9

Exodus 39:41 details the completion of priestly garments, while Exodus 25:9 emphasizes following the exact pattern shown on the mount, suggesting a potential deviation or liberty in creation.

Exodus 25:9: According to all that I shew thee, [after] the pattern of the tabernacle, and the pattern of all the instruments thereof, even so shall ye make [it].

Contradiction with Exodus 28:2

Exodus 28:2 commands the consecration and sanctity of garments for glory and beauty, contrasting with Exodus 39:41, which simply describes the making of them without directly emphasizing their divine function.

Exodus 28:2: And thou shalt make holy garments for Aaron thy brother for glory and for beauty.

Contradiction with Numbers 27:21

In Numbers, the Urim is used for decisions, hinting that priestly garments alone, as per Exodus 39:41, are insufficient for divine judgment without additional tools.

Numbers 27:21: And he shall stand before Eleazar the priest, who shall ask [counsel] for him after the judgment of Urim before the LORD: at his word shall they go out, and at his word they shall come in, [both] he, and all the children of Israel with him, even all the congregation.

Contradiction with Isaiah 1:11

God questions the value of offerings and rituals in Isaiah, which may imply a contradiction with the focus on ceremonial garments in Exodus 39:41.

Isaiah 1:11: To what purpose [is] the multitude of your sacrifices unto me? saith the LORD: I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; and I delight not in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he goats. [he goats: Heb. great he goats]

Contradiction with Matthew 23:27

Matthew criticizes outward appearances without inner truth, challenging the emphasis on physical garments in Exodus 39:41.

Matthew 23:27: Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead [men's] bones, and of all uncleanness.

Contradiction with Hebrews 10:1

Hebrews suggests the law has only a shadow of good things to come, which could contrast with the focus on ritualistic garments in Exodus 39:41.

Hebrews 10:1: For the law having a shadow of good things to come, [and] not the very image of the things, can never with those sacrifices which they offered year by year continually make the comers thereunto perfect.
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