Contradictions and Paradoxes in Numbers 21:22

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Numbers 21:22 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Numbers 21:22. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Moses, the people of Israel asked to walk through someone else's land and promised not to take or damage anything, like food or water. They said they would stay on the main road until they were safely out of the land.

Numbers 21:22: Let me pass through thy land: we will not turn into the fields, or into the vineyards; we will not drink [of] the waters of the well: [but] we will go along by the king's [high] way, until we be past thy borders.

Contradiction with Matthew 5:44

Numbers 21:22 involves seeking permission for peaceful passage, while Matthew 5:44 advocates for loving enemies and doing good irrespective of permissions.

Matthew 5:44: But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;

Contradiction with Romans 12:18

Numbers 21:22 asks for peace conditional on passage, whereas Romans 12:18 calls for unconditional peace with all.

Romans 12:18: If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men.

Contradiction with Exodus 23:31-33

Numbers 21:22 asks peacefully for passage, while Exodus 23:31-33 commands to drive out inhabitants of the land.

Exodus 23:31-33: And I will set thy bounds from the Red sea even unto the sea of the Philistines, and from the desert unto the river: for I will deliver the inhabitants of the land into your hand; and thou shalt drive them out before thee.

Contradiction with Deuteronomy 20:16-17

Numbers 21:22 requests peaceful passage, but Deuteronomy 20:16-17 instructs to leave none alive in certain cities.

Deuteronomy 20:16-17: But of the cities of these people, which the LORD thy God doth give thee [for] an inheritance, thou shalt save alive nothing that breatheth:

Contradiction with Joshua 11:20

Numbers 21:22 requests peace, whereas Joshua 11:20 explains how God hardened hearts for war, leaving no room for peace.

Joshua 11:20: For it was of the LORD to harden their hearts, that they should come against Israel in battle, that he might destroy them utterly, [and] that they might have no favour, but that he might destroy them, as the LORD commanded Moses.

Contradiction with 1 Samuel 15:3

Numbers 21:22 seeks peaceful passage through foreign land, but 1 Samuel 15:3 commands to destroy utterly all in an enemy land.

1 Samuel 15:3: Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not; but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass.

Contradiction with Leviticus 26:7-8

Numbers 21:22 is about not engaging in conflict, whereas Leviticus 26:7-8 promises victory if battles are pursued.

Leviticus 26:7-8: And ye shall chase your enemies, and they shall fall before you by the sword.

Contradiction with Deuteronomy 7:2

Numbers 21:22 advocates for peace, but Deuteronomy 7:2 commands to make no treaties with the inhabitants but to destroy them.

Deuteronomy 7:2: And when the LORD thy God shall deliver them before thee; thou shalt smite them, [and] utterly destroy them; thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor shew mercy unto them:
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