Contradictions and Paradoxes in Exodus 39:9

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Exodus 39:9 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Exodus 39:9. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Moses, the breastplate was made in a square shape, kind of like a blanket folded in half, and it was as long and wide as the length from your thumb to your little finger when you stretch your hand. It was specially made this way for the priests to wear as part of their special clothes.

Exodus 39:9: It was foursquare; they made the breastplate double: a span [was] the length thereof, and a span the breadth thereof, [being] doubled.

Contradiction with Exodus 39:11

This verse describes a different element in the breastplate, which contrasts with the dimensions and description in Exodus 39:9.

Exodus 39:11: And the second row, an emerald, a sapphire, and a diamond.

Contradiction with Exodus 39:14

The listing of stones contradicts the focus on the breastplate's splitting dimensions as mentioned in Exodus 39:9.

Exodus 39:14: And the stones [were] according to the names of the children of Israel, twelve, according to their names, [like] the engravings of a signet, every one with his name, according to the twelve tribes.

Contradiction with 1 Kings 7:36

The detailed engravings on the walls differ from the plain measurements given in Exodus 39:9.

1 Kings 7:36: For on the plates of the ledges thereof, and on the borders thereof, he graved cherubims, lions, and palm trees, according to the proportion of every one, and additions round about. [proportion: Heb. nakedness]

Contradiction with 2 Chronicles 3:10

The dimensions and details of the cherubim contrast with the uncomplicated dimensions of the breastplate in Exodus 39:9.

2 Chronicles 3:10: And in the most holy house he made two cherubims of image work, and overlaid them with gold. [image...: or, (as some think) of moveable work]

Contradiction with Ezekiel 40:42

Measurements of other altar stones contradict the size specifications given in Exodus 39:9 for the breastplate.

Ezekiel 40:42: And the four tables [were] of hewn stone for the burnt offering, of a cubit and an half long, and a cubit and an half broad, and one cubit high: whereupon also they laid the instruments wherewith they slew the burnt offering and the sacrifice.

Contradiction with Revelation 21:16

The vast measurements of New Jerusalem contrast with the relatively small and simple cubit description in Exodus 39:9.

Revelation 21:16: And the city lieth foursquare, and the length is as large as the breadth: and he measured the city with the reed, twelve thousand furlongs. The length and the breadth and the height of it are equal.
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