Contradictions and Paradoxes in Numbers 32:25

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Numbers 32:25 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Numbers 32:25. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Moses, when the people from the tribes of Gad and Reuben talked to him, they promised to do what he asked them to do because they trusted him. They wanted to follow his directions because he was leading them like God wanted.

Numbers 32:25: And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben spake unto Moses, saying, Thy servants will do as my lord commandeth.

Contradiction with Deuteronomy 9:24

Throughout their history, the Israelites are described as having been rebellious against God's commands, contrasting their obedience in Numbers 32:25.

Deuteronomy 9:24: Ye have been rebellious against the LORD from the day that I knew you.

Contradiction with Exodus 32:8

The Israelites quickly turned aside from what was commanded to them, contradicting the pledge of obedience in Numbers 32:25.

Exodus 32:8: They have turned aside quickly out of the way which I commanded them: they have made them a molten calf, and have worshipped it, and have sacrificed thereunto, and said, These [be] thy gods, O Israel, which have brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.

Contradiction with 1 Samuel 8:19

The people refused to obey the voice of Samuel, who was God's prophet, reflecting the opposite of the commitment to obey in Numbers 32:25.

1 Samuel 8:19: Nevertheless the people refused to obey the voice of Samuel; and they said, Nay; but we will have a king over us;

Contradiction with Judges 2:17

The Israelites did not listen to their judges, which is contrary to the obedience shown by the children of Gad and Reuben in Numbers 32:25.

Judges 2:17: And yet they would not hearken unto their judges, but they went a whoring after other gods, and bowed themselves unto them: they turned quickly out of the way which their fathers walked in, obeying the commandments of the LORD; [but] they did not so.

Contradiction with Jeremiah 7:23-24

Despite being commanded to obey God's voice, the Israelites did not listen, which contradicts the dedication in Numbers 32:25.

Jeremiah 7:23-24: But this thing commanded I them, saying, Obey my voice, and I will be your God, and ye shall be my people: and walk ye in all the ways that I have commanded you, that it may be well unto you.
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