Contradictions and Paradoxes in Numbers 15:41

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Numbers 15:41 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Numbers 15:41. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Moses, God is telling the people that He is the one who saved them from being slaves in Egypt and that He will always be their God. He wants them to remember that He loves and takes care of them.

Numbers 15:41: I [am] the LORD your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: I [am] the LORD your God.

Contradiction with 1 Kings 18:21

This verse shows the people wavering between following God and Baal, whereas Numbers 15:41 affirms the Israelites following only the Lord as their God.

1 Kings 18:21: And Elijah came unto all the people, and said, How long halt ye between two opinions? if the LORD [be] God, follow him: but if Baal, [then] follow him. And the people answered him not a word. [opinions: or, thoughts]

Contradiction with Judges 2:12-13

These verses describe the Israelites forsaking the Lord for other gods, contradicting Numbers 15:41 which declares God as their sole deity.

Judges 2:12-13: And they forsook the LORD God of their fathers, which brought them out of the land of Egypt, and followed other gods, of the gods of the people that [were] round about them, and bowed themselves unto them, and provoked the LORD to anger.

Contradiction with Jeremiah 2:11

This verse highlights the people exchanging their glorious God for worthless idols, contradicting Numbers 15:41's statement of God being their sole Lord.

Jeremiah 2:11: Hath a nation changed [their] gods, which [are] yet no gods? but my people have changed their glory for [that which] doth not profit.

Contradiction with Ezekiel 20:28

This verse narrates how the Israelites provoked God by offering sacrifices to idols, contrary to the allegiance to God expressed in Numbers 15:41.

Ezekiel 20:28: [For] when I had brought them into the land, [for] the which I lifted up mine hand to give it to them, then they saw every high hill, and all the thick trees, and they offered there their sacrifices, and there they presented the provocation of their offering: there also they made their sweet savour, and poured out there their drink offerings.

Contradiction with Hosea 8:4

This verse describes the Israelites setting up kings and princes without God's approval, contradicting the loyalty to God in Numbers 15:41.

Hosea 8:4: They have set up kings, but not by me: they have made princes, and I knew [it] not: of their silver and their gold have they made them idols, that they may be cut off.

Paradox #1

Numbers 15:41 states that God is the Lord who brought the Israelites out of Egypt to be their God. A possible contradiction or inconsistency might be found in questioning why a loving and just God would allow or orchestrate the suffering and oppression of the Israelites in Egypt before delivering them. This could raise questions about the consistency of God's nature as both deliverer and all-powerful, given that the need for deliverance implies previous suffering under His watch.

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