Contradictions and Paradoxes in Numbers 23:16

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Numbers 23:16 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Numbers 23:16. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of the book of Numbers, God talked to Balaam and told him exactly what to say when he went to speak to Balak. It's like God gave Balaam special words to share with Balak.

Numbers 23:16: And the LORD met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and said, Go again unto Balak, and say thus.

Contradiction with 1 Samuel 15:29

This verse declares that God does not lie or change His mind, which contradicts any implication that He might in Numbers 23:16.

1 Samuel 15:29: And also the Strength of Israel will not lie nor repent: for he [is] not a man, that he should repent. [Strength: or, Eternity, or, Victory]

Contradiction with Exodus 32:14

This verse states that the Lord repented of the evil He thought to do unto His people, contradicting the idea of God being unchangeable in Numbers 23:16.

Exodus 32:14: And the LORD repented of the evil which he thought to do unto his people.

Contradiction with James 1:17

This verse describes God as having no variableness, contradicting any suggestion of changeability in God's actions or words in Numbers 23:16.

James 1:17: Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.

Contradiction with Jonah 3:10

This verse describes God changing His mind about the calamity He planned for Nineveh, contradicting the notion of God's unchanging decree in Numbers 23:16.

Jonah 3:10: And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and God repented of the evil, that he had said that he would do unto them; and he did [it] not.

Contradiction with Hebrews 6:18

This verse asserts that it is impossible for God to lie, contrasting any suggestion in Numbers 23:16 that could be interpreted otherwise.

Hebrews 6:18: That by two immutable things, in which [it was] impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us:
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