Contradictions and Paradoxes in Exodus 40:36

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Exodus 40:36 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Exodus 40:36. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Moses, the author of the book, God used a cloud to show the Israelites when it was time to move to a new place. When the cloud lifted, they knew it was time to pack up and continue their journey.

Exodus 40:36: And when the cloud was taken up from over the tabernacle, the children of Israel went onward in all their journeys: [went onward: Heb. journeyed]

Contradiction with Numbers 9:22

This verse states that the Israelites remained camped as long as the cloud abode upon the tabernacle, whether it was two days, a month, or a year, contradicting the consistent journeying described in Exodus 40:36 whenever the cloud was taken up.

Numbers 9:22: Or [whether it were] two days, or a month, or a year, that the cloud tarried upon the tabernacle, remaining thereon, the children of Israel abode in their tents, and journeyed not: but when it was taken up, they journeyed.
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