Contradictions and Paradoxes in Numbers 10:17

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Numbers 10:17 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Numbers 10:17. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Moses, when it was time for the Israelites to continue their journey, the special tent where they worshiped God, called the tabernacle, was carefully taken apart. The sons of Gershon and Merari were responsible for carrying the pieces of this special tent as they traveled.

Numbers 10:17: And the tabernacle was taken down; and the sons of Gershon and the sons of Merari set forward, bearing the tabernacle.

Contradiction with Genesis 1:31

Numbers 10:17 describes a specific event involving the movement of the tabernacle, whereas Genesis 1:31 pertains to the creation and God's declaration of everything being very good, unrelated to tabernacle duties.

Genesis 1:31: And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, [it was] very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day. [And the evening...: Heb. And the evening was, and the morning was etc.]

Contradiction with Exodus 20:8-10

Numbers 10:17 details an act of work (disassembling the tabernacle), while Exodus 20:8-10 commands rest on the Sabbath day, a contradiction if the event occurred on a Sabbath.

Exodus 20:8-10: Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.

Contradiction with Luke 24:1

Numbers 10:17 involves moving and labor, while Luke 24:1 depicts rest until the first day of the week, as the Sabbath was observed.

Luke 24:1: Now upon the first [day] of the week, very early in the morning, they came unto the sepulchre, bringing the spices which they had prepared, and certain [others] with them.
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