Contradictions and Paradoxes in Numbers 16:14

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Numbers 16:14 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Numbers 16:14. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Moses, the people were upset because they were not taken to a nice place with lots of good things like milk and honey. They felt tricked and did not want to listen or follow leaders anymore.

Numbers 16:14: Moreover thou hast not brought us into a land that floweth with milk and honey, or given us inheritance of fields and vineyards: wilt thou put out the eyes of these men? we will not come up. [put...: Heb. bore out]

Contradiction with Deuteronomy 26:9

While Numbers 16:14 expresses doubt about entering a good land, Deuteronomy 26:9 acknowledges that God has brought them into a fruitful land.

Deuteronomy 26:9: And he hath brought us into this place, and hath given us this land, [even] a land that floweth with milk and honey.

Contradiction with Joshua 21:43

Numbers 16:14 suggests unfulfilled land promises, whereas Joshua 21:43 declares that the Lord gave Israel all the land He swore to give their ancestors.

Joshua 21:43: And the LORD gave unto Israel all the land which he sware to give unto their fathers; and they possessed it, and dwelt therein.

Contradiction with Ezekiel 20:6

Numbers 16:14 mentions not receiving the promised land, but Ezekiel 20:6 says God specifically planned to bring the Israelites into a land flowing with milk and honey.

Ezekiel 20:6: In the day [that] I lifted up mine hand unto them, to bring them forth of the land of Egypt into a land that I had espied for them, flowing with milk and honey, which [is] the glory of all lands:

Contradiction with Hebrews 11:9

Numbers 16:14 speaks of not possessing the land, while Hebrews 11:9 reflects living in the promised land by faith as a reality to the ancestors.

Hebrews 11:9: By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as [in] a strange country, dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise:

Contradiction with Nehemiah 9:23-24

Numbers 16:14 shows disbelief in receiving land, but Nehemiah 9:23-24 affirms that God indeed gave them kingdoms and nations as promised.

Nehemiah 9:23-24: Their children also multipliedst thou as the stars of heaven, and broughtest them into the land, concerning which thou hadst promised to their fathers, that they should go in to possess [it].
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