Contradictions and Paradoxes in Exodus 5:5

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

According to the author of the book of Exodus, Pharaoh noticed there were many Israelites, and he was upset because Moses and Aaron were making them stop working. He didn't want the Israelites to rest because they were his workers.

Exodus 5:5: And Pharaoh said, Behold, the people of the land now [are] many, and ye make them rest from their burdens.

Contradiction with Exodus 1:11

Exodus 1:11 describes the Israelites being oppressed with burdens by taskmasters, while Exodus 5:5 presents Pharaoh accusing the Israelites of being numerous and resting from their burdens, implying they are not burdened enough.

Exodus 1:11: Therefore they did set over them taskmasters to afflict them with their burdens. And they built for Pharaoh treasure cities, Pithom and Raamses.

Contradiction with Exodus 5:16

Exodus 5:16 states that the representatives of the Israelites are being beaten for not meeting their quotas, whereas Exodus 5:5 accuses them of being idle and too numerous, suggesting they are not working hard enough.

Exodus 5:16: There is no straw given unto thy servants, and they say to us, Make brick: and, behold, thy servants [are] beaten; but the fault [is] in thine own people.

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