Contradictions and Paradoxes in Numbers 32:14

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Numbers 32:14 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Numbers 32:14. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Moses, you are doing the same bad things your parents did, which makes God very unhappy with the whole group of people. God wants them to stop doing bad things so He won’t be angry anymore.

Numbers 32:14: And, behold, ye are risen up in your fathers' stead, an increase of sinful men, to augment yet the fierce anger of the LORD toward Israel.

Contradiction with Ezekiel 18:20

Ezekiel 18:20 states "The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father," contradicting Numbers 32:14, which implies that the children suffer due to their fathers' sins.

Ezekiel 18:20: The soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son: the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him.

Contradiction with Deuteronomy 24:16

Deuteronomy 24:16 declares, "The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, neither shall the children be put to death for the fathers," which contradicts Numbers 32:14's implication of punishment across generations.

Deuteronomy 24:16: The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, neither shall the children be put to death for the fathers: every man shall be put to death for his own sin.

Contradiction with Jeremiah 31:29-30

Jeremiah 31:29-30 suggests that "every one shall die for his own iniquity," contradicting the idea in Numbers 32:14 of generational punishment for sin.

Jeremiah 31:29-30: In those days they shall say no more, The fathers have eaten a sour grape, and the children's teeth are set on edge.

Contradiction with 2 Kings 14:6

2 Kings 14:6 states that "the children of the murderers he slew not: according unto that which is written in the book of the law of Moses," supporting personal responsibility rather than generational punishment described in Numbers 32:14.

2 Kings 14:6: But the children of the murderers he slew not: according unto that which is written in the book of the law of Moses, wherein the LORD commanded, saying, The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, nor the children be put to death for the fathers; but every man shall be put to death for his own sin.
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