Contradictions and Paradoxes in Numbers 23:7

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Numbers 23:7 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Numbers 23:7. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Moses, this verse is about a king named Balak who asked a man named Balaam to come and say bad words against the people of Israel. Balak wanted Balaam to make the Israelites lose, but Balaam could only say what God told him.

Numbers 23:7: And he took up his parable, and said, Balak the king of Moab hath brought me from Aram, out of the mountains of the east, [saying], Come, curse me Jacob, and come, defy Israel.

Contradiction with Deuteronomy 23:5

While Numbers 23:7 begins a prophecy of not cursing Israel, Deuteronomy 23:5 states God turned Balaam's curse into a blessing, highlighting a contradiction in Balaam's initial intent versus the outcome decreed by God.

Deuteronomy 23:5: Nevertheless the LORD thy God would not hearken unto Balaam; but the LORD thy God turned the curse into a blessing unto thee, because the LORD thy God loved thee.

Contradiction with Numbers 22:12

In Numbers 23:7, Balaam begins to speak under divine inspiration, yet in Numbers 22:12, God has previously explicitly instructed Balaam not to go with the Moabites or to curse the Israelites, showing a contradiction in his actions.

Numbers 22:12: And God said unto Balaam, Thou shalt not go with them; thou shalt not curse the people: for they [are] blessed.
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