Contradictions and Paradoxes in Numbers 23:2

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Numbers 23:2 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Numbers 23:2. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Moses, Balak and Balaam did what God wanted and gave gifts to God by offering a bull and a sheep on each special table called an altar. This was a way to show respect and ask for God's help.

Numbers 23:2: And Balak did as Balaam had spoken; and Balak and Balaam offered on [every] altar a bullock and a ram.

Contradiction with Numbers 23:19

This verse states, "God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent..." which contradicts Balaam's intent to curse as per instructions, showing God’s immutability and truth over changing human desires.

Numbers 23:19: God [is] not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do [it]? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?

Contradiction with Matthew 5:44

This verse instructs to "love your enemies, bless them that curse you," contradicting the act of preparing to curse someone as seen in Numbers 23:2.

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 12:14

"Bless them which persecute you: bless, and curse not," contradicts the act of preparing to deliver curses as Balaam did.

Romans 12:14: Bless them which persecute you: bless, and curse not.

Contradiction with James 3:9-10

These verses talk about the contradiction of blessing God and cursing men, opposing Balaam's preparation to curse.

James 3:9-10: Therewith bless we God, even the Father; and therewith curse we men, which are made after the similitude of God.
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