Contradictions and Paradoxes in Numbers 1:1

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Numbers 1:1 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Numbers 1:1. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Moses, God talked to him in a special tent while they were in the desert. This happened two years after God helped the people leave Egypt.

Numbers 1:1: And the LORD spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the tabernacle of the congregation, on the first [day] of the second month, in the second year after they were come out of the land of Egypt, saying,

Contradiction with Genesis 1:1

Contradicts the timing of God's communication with Moses, presenting a broader narrative of creation at the beginning, whereas Numbers 1:1 suggests a specific timeline during the wilderness period.

Genesis 1:1: In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.

Contradiction with Exodus 33:11

Indicates that God spoke to Moses face-to-face as a friend, which implies a different manner of communication than suggested in Numbers 1:1.

Exodus 33:11: And the LORD spake unto Moses face to face, as a man speaketh unto his friend. And he turned again into the camp: but his servant Joshua, the son of Nun, a young man, departed not out of the tabernacle.

Contradiction with 34:10

States that no prophet has arisen like Moses, whom the Lord knew face-to-face, suggesting an exceptional and unique communication, possibly differing from the "spake unto Moses" in Numbers 1:1.

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