Contradictions and Paradoxes in Exodus 40:20

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Exodus 40:20 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Exodus 40:20. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Moses, this verse shows how they put important special words from God inside a special box called the ark. They also placed a special cover on top, and this was all to keep God's words safe and show that God was with them.

Exodus 40:20: And he took and put the testimony into the ark, and set the staves on the ark, and put the mercy seat above upon the ark:

Contradiction with 1 Kings 8:9

This verse states that there was nothing in the ark except the two tables of stone, whereas Exodus 40:20 implies Moses placed various items in the ark.

1 Kings 8:9: [There was] nothing in the ark save the two tables of stone, which Moses put there at Horeb, when the LORD made [a covenant] with the children of Israel, when they came out of the land of Egypt. [when the: or, where the]

Contradiction with Hebrews 9:4

This verse states that the ark contained the golden pot that had manna, Aaron's rod that budded, and the tables of the covenant, which contradicts Exodus 40:20 where only the testimony was placed inside.

Hebrews 9:4: Which had the golden censer, and the ark of the covenant overlaid round about with gold, wherein [was] the golden pot that had manna, and Aaron's rod that budded, and the tables of the covenant;
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