Contradictions and Paradoxes in Numbers 31:24

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Numbers 31:24 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Numbers 31:24. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Moses, God wanted the people to wash their clothes and be clean on the seventh day before they returned to their homes. This was a way to show they were ready and clean to be with others again.

Numbers 31:24: And ye shall wash your clothes on the seventh day, and ye shall be clean, and afterward ye shall come into the camp.

Contradiction with Exodus 20:13

"Thou shalt not kill" contradicts the violence and killing commanded in Numbers 31.

Exodus 20:13: Thou shalt not kill.

Contradiction with Matthew 5:44

"Love your enemies" contradicts the command to wage war found in Numbers 31.

Matthew 5:44: But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;

Contradiction with James 3:17

Advocates for peace and purity, which contrasts with the conflict in Numbers 31.

James 3:17: But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, [and] easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy. [partiality: or, wrangling]

Contradiction with Matthew 26:52

"All they that take the sword shall perish with the sword" contradicts the military action taken in Numbers 31.

Matthew 26:52: Thinkest thou that I cannot now pray to my Father, and he shall presently give me more than twelve legions of angels?

Contradiction with Proverbs 12:20

"Deceit is in the heart of them that imagine evil" contradicts the act of war and deception present in Numbers 31.

Proverbs 12:20: Deceit [is] in the heart of them that imagine evil: but to the counsellors of peace [is] joy.
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