Contradictions and Paradoxes in Numbers 25:1

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Numbers 25:1 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Numbers 25:1. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Moses, this verse tells us that the Israelites stayed in a place called Shittim, and they started making bad choices by spending time with people from Moab who didn't follow their rules. This made God upset because they were not obeying him.

Numbers 25:1: And Israel abode in Shittim, and the people began to commit whoredom with the daughters of Moab.

Contradiction with 1 Corinthians 10:8

Contradicts by condemning fornication which was practiced in Numbers 25:1.

1 Corinthians 10:8: Neither let us commit fornication, as some of them committed, and fell in one day three and twenty thousand.

Contradiction with Exodus 34:15

Contradicts by warning against making covenants with inhabitants of the land, which Israelites did in Numbers 25:1.

Exodus 34:15: Lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, and they go a whoring after their gods, and do sacrifice unto their gods, and [one] call thee, and thou eat of his sacrifice;

Contradiction with Deuteronomy 7:3-4

Contradicts by prohibiting marriage with non-Israelites, a practice implied in Numbers 25:1.

Deuteronomy 7:3-4: Neither shalt thou make marriages with them; thy daughter thou shalt not give unto his son, nor his daughter shalt thou take unto thy son.

Contradiction with Judges 2:2

Contradicts by highlighting disobedience to God's command not to make covenants with inhabitants, as done in Numbers 25:1.

Judges 2:2: And ye shall make no league with the inhabitants of this land; ye shall throw down their altars: but ye have not obeyed my voice: why have ye done this?

Contradiction with Revelation 2:14

Contradicts by denouncing the participation in idolatry and fornication as seen in Numbers 25:1.

Revelation 2:14: But I have a few things against thee, because thou hast there them that hold the doctrine of Balaam, who taught Balac to cast a stumblingblock before the children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed unto idols, and to commit fornication.
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