Contradictions and Paradoxes in Numbers 17:2

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Numbers 17:2 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Numbers 17:2. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Moses, God told the Israelites to take a stick from each family group and write their name on it. This was to show everyone which family God chose to be special and lead them.

Numbers 17:2: Speak unto the children of Israel, and take of every one of them a rod according to the house of [their] fathers, of all their princes according to the house of their fathers twelve rods: write thou every man's name upon his rod.

Contradiction with Exodus 4:2

Numbers 17:2 speaks of taking rods from the leaders of Israel, whereas Exodus 4:2 describes Moses' own rod being used miraculously.

Exodus 4:2: And the LORD said unto him, What [is] that in thine hand? And he said, A rod.

Contradiction with Hebrews 9:4

Numbers 17:2 describes collecting rods from each leader to determine God's chosen leader, while Hebrews 9:4 references the rod of Aaron as a past event and notable artifact, not a present test.

Hebrews 9:4: Which had the golden censer, and the ark of the covenant overlaid round about with gold, wherein [was] the golden pot that had manna, and Aaron's rod that budded, and the tables of the covenant;

Contradiction with Numbers 16:5

Numbers 16:5 discusses God choosing someone for Himself and directing them, in contrast to Numbers 17:2 which involves a specific directive to gather rods for a divine sign.

Numbers 16:5: And he spake unto Korah and unto all his company, saying, Even to morrow the LORD will shew who [are] his, and [who is] holy; and will cause [him] to come near unto him: even [him] whom he hath chosen will he cause to come near unto him.

Contradiction with Numbers 11:24

Numbers 17:2 involves collecting rods as symbols of authority, whereas Numbers 11:24 describes the gathering of elders for impartation of the spirit, a different form of demonstrating leadership.

Numbers 11:24: And Moses went out, and told the people the words of the LORD, and gathered the seventy men of the elders of the people, and set them round about the tabernacle.
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