Contradictions and Paradoxes in Numbers 32:2

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Numbers 32:2 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Numbers 32:2. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Moses, the children of Gad and Reuben had a special request and went to talk to the leaders like Moses, Eleazar the priest, and the other important people. They wanted to ask for something important about where they could live.

Numbers 32:2: The children of Gad and the children of Reuben came and spake unto Moses, and to Eleazar the priest, and unto the princes of the congregation, saying,

Contradiction with Proverbs 3:5

This verse encourages trusting in the Lord and not relying on one's own understanding, contrasting with the autonomy implied in Numbers 32:2.

Proverbs 3:5: Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.

Contradiction with Isaiah 55:8-9

These verses highlight that God's thoughts and ways are higher than humans’, countering the idea of humans deciding on their own as in Numbers 32:2.

Isaiah 55:8-9: For my thoughts [are] not your thoughts, neither [are] your ways my ways, saith the LORD.

Contradiction with Jeremiah 10:23

This verse states that the way of man is not in himself, contrasting with the self-directed request found in Numbers 32:2.

Jeremiah 10:23: O LORD, I know that the way of man [is] not in himself: [it is] not in man that walketh to direct his steps.

Contradiction with James 4:13-15

These verses advise seeking God's will rather than making plans independently, differing from the initiative seen in Numbers 32:2.

James 4:13-15: Go to now, ye that say, To day or to morrow we will go into such a city, and continue there a year, and buy and sell, and get gain:

Contradiction with Matthew 6:10

This verse emphasizes praying for God's will, which contrasts with the tribes’ request to choose their own inheritance in Numbers 32:2.

Matthew 6:10: Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as [it is] in heaven.
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