Contradictions and Paradoxes in Numbers 14:25

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Numbers 14:25 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Numbers 14:25. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Moses, God was telling the Israelites to change their path and head toward the wilderness near the Red Sea because there were other people, the Amalekites and the Canaanites, living in the valley. This was to keep them safe on their journey.

Numbers 14:25: (Now the Amalekites and the Canaanites dwelt in the valley.) To morrow turn you, and get you into the wilderness by the way of the Red sea.

Contradiction with Genesis 12:7

God promises the land to Abram's descendants, indicating a sure inheritance, while Numbers 14:25 shows hesitation and postponement of entry into the land.

Genesis 12:7: And the LORD appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will I give this land: and there builded he an altar unto the LORD, who appeared unto him.

Contradiction with Exodus 3:8

God declares He will deliver Israelites into a good land, suggesting immediate fulfillment, which contrasts with the delay in Numbers 14:25.

Exodus 3:8: And I am come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land unto a good land and a large, unto a land flowing with milk and honey; unto the place of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites.

Contradiction with Deuteronomy 1:8

This verse emphasizes the possession of the land, seemingly unconditionally, whereas Numbers 14:25 involves retreat and delay.

Deuteronomy 1:8: Behold, I have set the land before you: go in and possess the land which the LORD sware unto your fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, to give unto them and to their seed after them. [set: Heb. given]

Contradiction with Joshua 1:3

God asserts that everywhere Israel treads will be theirs, indicating assured possession, conflicting with the retreat in Numbers 14:25.

Joshua 1:3: Every place that the sole of your foot shall tread upon, that have I given unto you, as I said unto Moses.

Contradiction with Numbers 13:30

Caleb’s encouragement to take the land at once contradicts the retreat to the wilderness as directed in Numbers 14:25.

Numbers 13:30: And Caleb stilled the people before Moses, and said, Let us go up at once, and possess it; for we are well able to overcome it.

Contradiction with Psalm 105:8-11

This passage speaks to the surety of God’s promise to give the land, contradicting the act of turning away in Numbers 14:25.

Psalm 105:8-11: He hath remembered his covenant for ever, the word [which] he commanded to a thousand generations.
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