Contradictions and Paradoxes in Numbers 16:44

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Numbers 16:44 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Numbers 16:44. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Moses, God talked to him and gave him instructions. Christians believe this shows how God guided and helped Moses to lead the people.

Numbers 16:44: And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

Contradiction with Isaiah 55:8

Contradicts Numbers 16:44 by highlighting God's thoughts and ways as being different from human expectations, arguing against divine retribution as seen in Numbers 16:44.

Isaiah 55:8: For my thoughts [are] not your thoughts, neither [are] your ways my ways, saith the LORD.

Contradiction with Jonah 4:2

Contradicts Numbers 16:44 by describing God's nature as gracious and merciful, which contrasts with the destructive intent indicated in Numbers 16:44.

Jonah 4:2: And he prayed unto the LORD, and said, I pray thee, O LORD, [was] not this my saying, when I was yet in my country? Therefore I fled before unto Tarshish: for I knew that thou [art] a gracious God, and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repentest thee of the evil.

Contradiction with Ezekiel 18:23

Contradicts Numbers 16:44 by expressing God's desire for the wicked to turn from their ways and live, opposing the swift punishment aspect in Numbers 16:44.

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 John 3:17

Contradicts Numbers 16:44 by emphasizing that God sent His Son into the world not to condemn it, but to save it, which contrasts with the impending judgment in Numbers 16:44.

John 3:17: For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.

Contradiction with 2 Peter 3:9

Contradicts Numbers 16:44 by depicting God as patient and not willing for any to perish, contradicting the immediate retribution depicted in Numbers 16:44.

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.
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