Contradictions and Paradoxes in Numbers 20:17

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Numbers 20:17 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Numbers 20:17. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Moses, the people were asking if they could walk through a neighbor's land without messing up their farms or taking any of their water. They promised to stay on the main road and not cause any trouble.

Numbers 20:17: Let us pass, I pray thee, through thy country: we will not pass through the fields, or through the vineyards, neither will we drink [of] the water of the wells: we will go by the king's [high] way, we will not turn to the right hand nor to the left, until we have passed thy borders.

Contradiction with Numbers 20:21

Numbers 20:17 requests passage through Edom, but Numbers 20:21 states that Edom refused Israel passage, contradicting the request's anticipated permission.

Numbers 20:21: Thus Edom refused to give Israel passage through his border: wherefore Israel turned away from him.

Contradiction with Deuteronomy 2:29

Numbers 20:17 implies passing through Edom, but Deuteronomy 2:29 recounts the refusal, highlighting the inconsistency in Israel's agreements for passage.

Deuteronomy 2:29: (As the children of Esau which dwell in Seir, and the Moabites which dwell in Ar, did unto me;) until I shall pass over Jordan into the land which the LORD our God giveth us.

Contradiction with Judges 11:17

Numbers 20:17 involves a request to Edom, while Judges 11:17 indicates that Edom would not listen to Israel, showing a contradiction in expected cooperation.

Judges 11:17: Then Israel sent messengers unto the king of Edom, saying, Let me, I pray thee, pass through thy land: but the king of Edom would not hearken [thereto]. And in like manner they sent unto the king of Moab: but he would not [consent]: and Israel abode in Kadesh.
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