Contradictions and Paradoxes in Numbers 14:15

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Numbers 14:15 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Numbers 14:15. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Moses, if God were to end all the people at once, then others would say that God wasn't strong enough to bring His people into a new land.

Numbers 14:15: Now [if] thou shalt kill [all] this people as one man, then the nations which have heard the fame of thee will speak, saying,

Contradiction with John 3:16

Numbers 14:15 speaks of God potentially destroying a people, whereas John 3:16 emphasizes God's love for the world, offering salvation instead of destruction.

John 3:16: For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

Contradiction with Ezekiel 18:23

Numbers 14:15 talks about God slaying people, while Ezekiel 18:23 shows that God takes no pleasure in the death of the wicked and prefers repentance over death.

Ezekiel 18:23: Have I any pleasure at all that the wicked should die? saith the Lord GOD: [and] not that he should return from his ways, and live?

Contradiction with 2 Peter 3:9

Numbers 14:15 involves divine destruction, but 2 Peter 3:9 highlights God's patience and desire for all to come to repentance instead of being lost.

2 Peter 3:9: The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

Contradiction with James 1:13

Numbers 14:15 attributes potential harm to God's action, conflicting with James 1:13, which states God does not tempt anyone with evil or involve Himself in destruction.

James 1:13: Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man: [evil: or, evils]

Contradiction with Luke 9:56

Numbers 14:15 discusses the destruction of people, contradicting Luke 9:56, which clarifies Jesus' mission to save lives, not destroy them.

Luke 9:56: For the Son of man is not come to destroy men's lives, but to save [them]. And they went to another village.
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