Contradictions and Paradoxes in Numbers 29:12

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Numbers 29:12 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Numbers 29:12. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Moses, this verse means that God's people should have a special gathering and rest from work on this day. They should celebrate and have a feast for God, lasting seven days.

Numbers 29:12: And on the fifteenth day of the seventh month ye shall have an holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work, and ye shall keep a feast unto the LORD seven days:

Contradiction with Exodus 23:16

This verse states the Feast of Ingathering is at the end of the year, while Numbers 29:12 specifies the seventh month.

Exodus 23:16: And the feast of harvest, the firstfruits of thy labours, which thou hast sown in the field: and the feast of ingathering, [which is] in the end of the year, when thou hast gathered in thy labours out of the field.

Contradiction with Deuteronomy 16:13

This verse mentions the Feast of Tabernacles lasting seven days after gathering in thy corn and wine, but Numbers 29:12 specifies starting the fifteenth day of the seventh month.

Deuteronomy 16:13: Thou shalt observe the feast of tabernacles seven days, after that thou hast gathered in thy corn and thy wine: [corn...: Heb. floor, and thy winepress]

Contradiction with Leviticus 23:34

Contradicts the start and details of the feast, focusing on a different aspect of celebration.

Leviticus 23:34: Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, The fifteenth day of this seventh month [shall be] the feast of tabernacles [for] seven days unto the LORD.

Contradiction with 2 Chronicles 8:13

Describes a different schedule and offerings from Numbers 29:12, adding confusion to the timing and nature of the feast.

2 Chronicles 8:13: Even after a certain rate every day, offering according to the commandment of Moses, on the sabbaths, and on the new moons, and on the solemn feasts, three times in the year, [even] in the feast of unleavened bread, and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of tabernacles.

Contradiction with Nehemiah 8:14-18

While referring to the same feast, emphasizes dwelling in booths which is not mentioned in Numbers 29:12.

Nehemiah 8:14-18: And they found written in the law which the LORD had commanded by Moses, that the children of Israel should dwell in booths in the feast of the seventh month: [by: Heb. by the hand of]
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