Contradictions and Paradoxes in Exodus 4:27

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Exodus 4:27 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Exodus 4:27. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Moses, God told Aaron to go and meet his brother Moses in the desert, so Aaron did what God asked, and when they met on a mountain, they hugged each other. This meeting made them both very happy because they were family.

Exodus 4:27: And the LORD said to Aaron, Go into the wilderness to meet Moses. And he went, and met him in the mount of God, and kissed him.

Contradiction with Exodus 3:18

This verse indicates God instructing Moses to go to Pharaoh with the elders of Israel, not mentioning Aaron explicitly meeting Moses in the wilderness.

Exodus 3:18: And they shall hearken to thy voice: and thou shalt come, thou and the elders of Israel, unto the king of Egypt, and ye shall say unto him, The LORD God of the Hebrews hath met with us: and now let us go, we beseech thee, three days' journey into the wilderness, that we may sacrifice to the LORD our God.

Contradiction with Exodus 4:14

Here, God tells Moses that Aaron is already on his way to meet him, whereas Exodus 4:27 narrates God instructing Aaron to go meet Moses.

Exodus 4:14: And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Moses, and he said, [Is] not Aaron the Levite thy brother? I know that he can speak well. And also, behold, he cometh forth to meet thee: and when he seeth thee, he will be glad in his heart.

Contradiction with Exodus 6:13

In this verse, God commands both Moses and Aaron together regarding the Israelites and Pharaoh, which contrasts their separate meeting in the wilderness previously in Exodus 4:27.

Exodus 6:13: And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, and gave them a charge unto the children of Israel, and unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, to bring the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt.

Contradiction with Acts 7:30

This passage recounts Moses being in the desert for 40 years and seeing the burning bush, focusing on Moses’ encounter with God rather than his meeting with Aaron which occurred after.

Acts 7:30: And when forty years were expired, there appeared to him in the wilderness of mount Sina an angel of the Lord in a flame of fire in a bush.
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