Contradictions and Paradoxes in Numbers 32:18

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Numbers 32:18 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Numbers 32:18. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Moses, the people promised not to go home until everyone got their own special land that God had promised them. They wanted to make sure all their friends and family were happy and safe first.

Numbers 32:18: We will not return unto our houses, until the children of Israel have inherited every man his inheritance.

Contradiction with Exodus 14:14

Numbers 32:18 indicates active involvement until a task is complete, while Exodus 14:14 advises standing still and letting the Lord fight.

Exodus 14:14: The LORD shall fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace.

Contradiction with 2 Chronicles 20:17

In Numbers 32:18, there's a commitment to action, but 2 Chronicles 20:17 instructs standing firm and witnessing God's deliverance without fighting.

2 Chronicles 20:17: Ye shall not [need] to fight in this [battle]: set yourselves, stand ye [still], and see the salvation of the LORD with you, O Judah and Jerusalem: fear not, nor be dismayed; to morrow go out against them: for the LORD [will be] with you.

Contradiction with Psalm 46:10

Numbers 32:18 talks about not stopping support until success is evident, whereas Psalm 46:10 encourages being still and knowing God is in control.

Psalm 46:10: Be still, and know that I [am] God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.

Contradiction with Matthew 6:34

Numbers 32:18 speaks of ensuring future safety through action, contrasting with Matthew 6:34, which advises focusing only on the present day.

Matthew 6:34: Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day [is] the evil thereof.

Contradiction with Hebrews 4:10

While Numbers 32:18 emphasizes continuous labor until completion, Hebrews 4:10 describes entering rest by ceasing from one’s own works.

Hebrews 4:10: For he that is entered into his rest, he also hath ceased from his own works, as God [did] from his.
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