Contradictions and Paradoxes in Exodus 9:13

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Exodus 9:13 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Exodus 9:13. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Moses, God told him to go to the king of Egypt early in the morning and tell him to let God's people go free so they could worship God. God wanted to show the king that the Hebrew people should be allowed to serve Him.

Exodus 9:13: And the LORD said unto Moses, Rise up early in the morning, and stand before Pharaoh, and say unto him, Thus saith the LORD God of the Hebrews, Let my people go, that they may serve me.

Contradiction with Exodus 34:6-7

These verses describe God as merciful and gracious, which appears to contradict the severity shown in Exodus 9:13.

Exodus 34:6-7: And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, The LORD, The LORD God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth,

Contradiction with Ezekiel 18:23

God states that He takes no pleasure in the death of the wicked, which contrasts with the actions described in Exodus 9:13.

Ezekiel 18:23: Have I any pleasure at all that the wicked should die? saith the Lord GOD: [and] not that he should return from his ways, and live?

Contradiction with Jonah 4:2

Jonah acknowledges God’s tendency to relent from sending calamity, which seems to contradict the decision to send plagues in Exodus 9:13.

Jonah 4:2: And he prayed unto the LORD, and said, I pray thee, O LORD, [was] not this my saying, when I was yet in my country? Therefore I fled before unto Tarshish: for I knew that thou [art] a gracious God, and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repentest thee of the evil.

Contradiction with 1 John 4:8

This verse states that God is love, which can be seen as contradictory to the actions of sending plagues seen in Exodus 9:13.

1 John 4:8: He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.
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