Contradictions and Paradoxes in Exodus 40:24

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Exodus 40:24 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Exodus 40:24. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of Exodus, this verse is about setting up a special light inside God's house, just like setting a lamp in your own home to make it bright and welcoming. It's a way to make sure everything is ready and nice for when people come to visit God and pray.

Exodus 40:24: And he put the candlestick in the tent of the congregation, over against the table, on the side of the tabernacle southward.

Contradiction with 1 Kings 6:2

The temple that Solomon built was a permanent structure, whereas Exodus 40:24 describes a movable tabernacle.

1 Kings 6:2: And the house which king Solomon built for the LORD, the length thereof [was] threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof twenty [cubits], and the height thereof thirty cubits.

Contradiction with Hebrews 8:1-2

Jesus is described as a high priest serving in a true tabernacle, not made by human hands, in contrast to the man-made tabernacle in Exodus 40:24.

Hebrews 8:1-2: Now of the things which we have spoken [this is] the sum: We have such an high priest, who is set on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens;

Contradiction with Acts 7:48

States that the Most High does not dwell in temples made with hands, which appears to contradict the purpose of the tabernacle in Exodus 40:24.

Acts 7:48: Howbeit the most High dwelleth not in temples made with hands; as saith the prophet,
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