Contradictions and Paradoxes in Nehemiah 10:28

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Nehemiah 10:28 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Nehemiah 10:28. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Nehemiah, the people, including the helpers at the temple and their families, decided to follow God's rules and stay separate from those who didn't. They all promised to live in a way that God would be happy with.

Nehemiah 10:28: And the rest of the people, the priests, the Levites, the porters, the singers, the Nethinims, and all they that had separated themselves from the people of the lands unto the law of God, their wives, their sons, and their daughters, every one having knowledge, and having understanding;

Contradiction with 2 Corinthians 6:14

This verse advises against being unequally yoked with unbelievers, which contradicts Nehemiah 10:28, where the people join with others and make an oath.

2 Corinthians 6:14: Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?

Contradiction with Isaiah 52:11

This verse commands to depart from among the unclean and to be separate, contrasting with the gathering and joining with others in Nehemiah 10:28.

Isaiah 52:11: Depart ye, depart ye, go ye out from thence, touch no unclean [thing]; go ye out of the midst of her; be ye clean, that bear the vessels of the LORD.

Contradiction with Ezra 9:1-2

These verses describe the leaders' distress over intermingling with foreign peoples, contradicting the unifying assembly described in Nehemiah 10:28.

Ezra 9:1-2: Now when these things were done, the princes came to me, saying, The people of Israel, and the priests, and the Levites, have not separated themselves from the people of the lands, [doing] according to their abominations, [even] of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites, the Ammonites, the Moabites, the Egyptians, and the Amorites.

Contradiction with Deuteronomy 7:3

This verse forbids marriages with foreign nations, contrasting with the inclusive oath of obedience in Nehemiah 10:28.

Deuteronomy 7:3: Neither shalt thou make marriages with them; thy daughter thou shalt not give unto his son, nor his daughter shalt thou take unto thy son.

Contradiction with Exodus 34:12-16

These verses warn against making covenants with inhabitants of the land, yet Nehemiah 10:28 involves making a covenant after joining with others.

Exodus 34:12-16: Take heed to thyself, lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land whither thou goest, lest it be for a snare in the midst of thee:
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