Contradictions and Paradoxes in Numbers 33:2

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Numbers 33:2 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Numbers 33:2. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of the book of Numbers, Moses listened to God and wrote down all the places the people of Israel traveled to. This helped them remember everything God did for them during their journey.

Numbers 33:2: And Moses wrote their goings out according to their journeys by the commandment of the LORD: and these [are] their journeys according to their goings out.

Contradiction with Jeremiah 1:5

Numbers 33:2 describes Moses recording events at God's command, while Jeremiah 1:5 suggests God knew and ordained plans before birth, implying predestination rather than recording of events.

Jeremiah 1:5: Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, [and] I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations. [ordained: Heb. gave]

Contradiction with Hebrews 8:10

Numbers 33:2 shows a written record, whereas Hebrews 8:10 speaks of God's law written in hearts, contrasting external versus internal inscription.

Hebrews 8:10: For this [is] the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people: [put: Gr. give] [in: or, upon]

Contradiction with Proverbs 3:5

Numbers 33:2 emphasizes human recording of events, while Proverbs 3:5 emphasizes trusting God over human understanding or records.

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

Contradiction with 2 Corinthians 3:3

Numbers 33:2 involves written documentation, contrasting with 2 Corinthians 3:3, which speaks of the Spirit’s work written not with ink but on hearts.

2 Corinthians 3:3: [Forasmuch as ye are] manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tables of stone, but in fleshy tables of the heart.
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