Contradictions and Paradoxes in Numbers 10:31

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Numbers 10:31 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Numbers 10:31. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Moses, this verse means that Moses is asking a friend to stay and help guide them through the desert because the friend knows the way. Moses is saying the friend can be like eyes for them to see the right path.

Numbers 10:31: And he said, Leave us not, I pray thee; forasmuch as thou knowest how we are to encamp in the wilderness, and thou mayest be to us instead of eyes.

Contradiction with Proverbs 3:5

This verse advises trusting in the Lord completely, whereas Numbers 10:31 shows reliance on human guidance.

Proverbs 3:5: Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.

Contradiction with Jeremiah 17:5

This verse curses making flesh one’s strength, while Numbers 10:31 requests human leadership.

Jeremiah 17:5: Thus saith the LORD; Cursed [be] the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the LORD.

Contradiction with Psalm 118:8

This verse says it’s better to trust in the Lord than to put confidence in man, contradicting the request for help in Numbers 10:31.

Psalm 118:8: [It is] better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in man.

Contradiction with Isaiah 2:22

Advises to cease from man whose breath is in his nostrils, whereas Numbers 10:31 asks for man's aid.

Isaiah 2:22: Cease ye from man, whose breath [is] in his nostrils: for wherein is he to be accounted of?
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