Contradiction with Numbers 20:10-11
These verses depict Moses striking the rock in anger, demonstrating a lack of patience and failure to follow God's instructions precisely.
Numbers 20:10-11: And Moses and Aaron gathered the congregation together before the rock, and he said unto them, Hear now, ye rebels; must we fetch you water out of this rock?
Contradiction with Exodus 32:19-20
Here, Moses shows anger and breaks the tablets, contrasting the humility and submissiveness seen in Numbers 14:5.
Exodus 32:19-20: And it came to pass, as soon as he came nigh unto the camp, that he saw the calf, and the dancing: and Moses' anger waxed hot, and he cast the tables out of his hands, and brake them beneath the mount.
Contradiction with Exodus 17:3-4
Instead of falling on his face, Moses cries out to the Lord about the people's complaints, showing a different approach to dealing with challenges.
Exodus 17:3-4: And the people thirsted there for water; and the people murmured against Moses, and said, Wherefore [is] this [that] thou hast brought us up out of Egypt, to kill us and our children and our cattle with thirst?
Contradiction with 1 Samuel 8:6-7
Samuel is displeased with the people's request for a king, unlike Moses who humbled himself in Numbers 14:5.
1 Samuel 8:6-7: But the thing displeased Samuel, when they said, Give us a king to judge us. And Samuel prayed unto the LORD. [displeased: Heb. was evil in the eyes of]