Contradiction with 1 Timothy 2:12
This verse contradicts Nehemiah 8:2 as it restricts women from teaching or holding authority over men, while Nehemiah 8:2 includes "men and women" in the assembly listening to the law.
1 Timothy 2:12: But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence.
Contradiction with 1 Corinthians 14:34-35
Contradictory as it instructs women to remain silent in churches, whereas Nehemiah 8:2 includes women in the audience for the reading of the law.
1 Corinthians 14:34-35: Let your women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted unto them to speak; but [they are commanded] to be under obedience, as also saith the law.
Contradiction with Psalm 119:11
Contradicts the public and communal reading of scripture as it focuses on personal, private internalization of the word.
Psalm 119:11: Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.
Contradiction with Exodus 34:3
Moss was instructed to come alone to the mountain and others were kept at distance, contrasting with the inclusive public assembly in Nehemiah 8:2.
Exodus 34:3: And no man shall come up with thee, neither let any man be seen throughout all the mount; neither let the flocks nor herds feed before that mount.
Contradiction with Deuteronomy 17:18-20
Focuses on king's personal responsibility to read and follow the law, contrasting with communal responsibility seen in Nehemiah 8:2.
Deuteronomy 17:18-20: And it shall be, when he sitteth upon the throne of his kingdom, that he shall write him a copy of this law in a book out of [that which is] before the priests the Levites: