Contradictions and Paradoxes in Exodus 4:5

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Exodus 4:5 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Exodus 4:5. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Moses, God wanted people to know that He was real and powerful by showing them special signs. This helped people trust that Moses was really sent by God, the same God who helped their great-great-grandparents long ago.

Exodus 4:5: That they may believe that the LORD God of their fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath appeared unto thee.

Contradiction with Exodus 4:1

Exodus 4:5 states a demonstration of God's power through signs to make people believe, contradicting Moses' earlier doubt in 4:1 that they would not believe him even with signs.

Exodus 4:1: And Moses answered and said, But, behold, they will not believe me, nor hearken unto my voice: for they will say, The LORD hath not appeared unto thee.

Contradiction with Exodus 3:12

In Exodus 3:12, God promises His presence will be a sign, contradicting Exodus 4:5 where physical miracles serve as signs for belief.

Exodus 3:12: And he said, Certainly I will be with thee; and this [shall be] a token unto thee, that I have sent thee: When thou hast brought forth the people out of Egypt, ye shall serve God upon this mountain.

Contradiction with Exodus 7:13

Exodus 4:5 implies signs will convince, but Exodus 7:13 shows Pharaoh's heart was hardened despite signs.

Exodus 7:13: And he hardened Pharaoh's heart, that he hearkened not unto them; as the LORD had said.
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