Contradiction with Genesis 12:1
God commands Abram to leave his country, kindred, and father's house - contrasting with Israel's action of pitching his tent.
Genesis 12:1: Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will shew thee:
Contradiction with Numbers 9:18-19
The Israelites journeyed or rested based on the Lord's command via the cloud, implying divine guidance, which isn't specified in Genesis 35:21.
Numbers 9:18-19: At the commandment of the LORD the children of Israel journeyed, and at the commandment of the LORD they pitched: as long as the cloud abode upon the tabernacle they rested in their tents.
Contradiction with Exodus 40:36-37
The movement of the Israelites is dictated by the cloud over the tabernacle, highlighting divine direction, unlike in Genesis 35:21 where such guidance isn't mentioned.
Exodus 40:36-37: 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 Deuteronomy 1:40
God directs the Israelites to turn and take their journey into the wilderness, contrasting with Israel's autonomous movement in Genesis 35:21.
Deuteronomy 1:40: But [as for] you, turn you, and take your journey into the wilderness by the way of the Red sea.
Contradiction with Jeremiah 7:24
The people did not obey or incline their ear, but walked in their own counsels, highlighting a contrast in obedient versus self-directed movement actions.
Jeremiah 7:24: But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear, but walked in the counsels [and] in the imagination of their evil heart, and went backward, and not forward. [imagination: or, stubbornness] [went: Heb. were]