Contradiction with Numbers 22:6
Contradicts "there is no enchantment" as Balak believes curses have power and seeks Balaam to curse Israel.
Numbers 22:6: Come now therefore, I pray thee, curse me this people; for they [are] too mighty for me: peradventure I shall prevail, [that] we may smite them, and [that] I may drive them out of the land: for I wot that he whom thou blessest [is] blessed, and he whom thou cursest is cursed.
Contradiction with Deuteronomy 18:10-12
Contradicts "there is no divination" by condemning divination, suggesting its influence was feared.
Deuteronomy 18:10-12: There shall not be found among you [any one] that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, [or] that useth divination, [or] an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch,
Contradiction with 1 Samuel 28:7
Contradicts the ineffectiveness of "enchantment" by showing Saul seeking a medium for guidance, implying belief in its power.
1 Samuel 28:7: Then said Saul unto his servants, Seek me a woman that hath a familiar spirit, that I may go to her, and enquire of her. And his servants said to him, Behold, [there is] a woman that hath a familiar spirit at Endor.
Contradiction with 2 Kings 17:17
Contradicts by listing divination as part of Israel's sins, indicating perceived power and influence.
2 Kings 17:17: And they caused their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire, and used divination and enchantments, and sold themselves to do evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger.
Contradiction with Isaiah 47:12-13
Contradicts by challenging Babylon's reliance on enchantments and sorceries, implying they believed in their power.
Isaiah 47:12-13: Stand now with thine enchantments, and with the multitude of thy sorceries, wherein thou hast laboured from thy youth; if so be thou shalt be able to profit, if so be thou mayest prevail.
Contradiction with Ezekiel 13:6-7
Contradicts "no enchantment" by accusing prophets of false visions, suggesting that claims of prophecy were taken seriously.
Ezekiel 13:6-7: They have seen vanity and lying divination, saying, The LORD saith: and the LORD hath not sent them: and they have made [others] to hope that they would confirm the word.
Contradiction with Acts 8:9-11
Contradicts the inefficacy of "enchantment" by narrating Simon the sorcerer's influence over people through sorcery.
Acts 8:9-11: But there was a certain man, called Simon, which beforetime in the same city used sorcery, and bewitched the people of Samaria, giving out that himself was some great one:
Contradiction with Acts 13:8-10
Contradicts by describing Elymas as a sorcerer who opposed the apostles, showing enchantment's acknowledged influence.
Acts 13:8-10: But Elymas the sorcerer (for so is his name by interpretation) withstood them, seeking to turn away the deputy from the faith.