Contradictions and Paradoxes in Numbers 30:16

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Numbers 30:16 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Numbers 30:16. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of the Book of Numbers, these are the rules God gave to Moses about promises between husbands and wives, and fathers and their young daughters who still live at home. It means that God cares about the promises people make in their families.

Numbers 30:16: These [are] the statutes, which the LORD commanded Moses, between a man and his wife, between the father and his daughter, [being yet] in her youth in her father's house.

Contradiction with Galatians 3:28

Numbers 30:16 addresses male authority over women’s vows, whereas Galatians 3:28 promotes equality between genders.

Galatians 3:28: There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.

Contradiction with Matthew 5:37

Numbers 30:16 discusses conditionality of vows based on paternal or spousal approval, but Matthew 5:37 advocates for straightforward affirmation without conditions.

Matthew 5:37: But let your communication be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil.

Contradiction with James 5:12

Numbers 30:16 involves formal vows, while James 5:12 advises against swearings and supports simple affirmative or negative statements.

James 5:12: But above all things, my brethren, swear not, neither by heaven, neither by the earth, neither by any other oath: but let your yea be yea; and [your] nay, nay; lest ye fall into condemnation.
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