Contradictions and Paradoxes in Numbers 32:20

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Numbers 32:20 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Numbers 32:20. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Moses, if the people promise to help fight in the battle and follow God's plan, then they are doing what is right. It's like when you promise to help clean your room, you should keep that promise.

Numbers 32:20: And Moses said unto them, If ye will do this thing, if ye will go armed before the LORD to war,

Contradiction with Luke 14:26

Luke 14:26 emphasizes personal sacrifice and forsaking family for discipleship, contrasting with Numbers 32:20's condition for collective military support.

Luke 14:26: If any [man] come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.

Contradiction with Matthew 5:39

Matthew 5:39 promotes non-resistance to evil, contrasting with the military readiness and action implied in Numbers 32:20.

Matthew 5:39: But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also.

Contradiction with Isaiah 2:4

Isaiah 2:4 envisions a future without war, contrasting with the call to arms in Numbers 32:20.

Isaiah 2:4: And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more. [pruninghooks: or, scythes]

Contradiction with Romans 12:17-19

Romans 12:17-19 advises leaving vengeance to God, while Numbers 32:20 involves taking military action.

Romans 12:17-19: Recompense to no man evil for evil. Provide things honest in the sight of all men.

Contradiction with Matthew 26:52

Matthew 26:52 warns against taking up arms, contrasting with the readiness to fight in Numbers 32:20.

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 James 4:1-2

James 4:1-2 suggests conflicts come from personal desires, which contrasts with the collective endeavor in Numbers 32:20.

James 4:1-2: From whence [come] wars and fightings among you? [come they] not hence, [even] of your lusts that war in your members? [fightings: or, brawlings] [lusts: or, pleasures]
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