Contradictions and Paradoxes in Numbers 33:25

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Numbers 33:25 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Numbers 33:25. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Moses, this verse tells us about a time when the Israelites moved from one place called Haradah and set up their tents in another place called Makheloth. It's part of their long journey to find a new home where God was leading them.

Numbers 33:25: And they removed from Haradah, and pitched in Makheloth.

Contradiction with Numbers 14:32-33

While Numbers 33:25 lists a stop in the Israelites' journey, Numbers 14:32-33 states that the Israelites would wander for 40 years, implying punishment and delay.

Numbers 14:32-33: But [as for] you, your carcases, they shall fall in this wilderness.

Contradiction with Numbers 20:12

Numbers 33:25 depicts a journey without mentioning leadership issues, whereas Numbers 20:12 states that Moses and Aaron can't lead the people into the Promised Land due to their unfaithfulness.

Numbers 20:12: And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron, Because ye believed me not, to sanctify me in the eyes of the children of Israel, therefore ye shall not bring this congregation into the land which I have given them.

Contradiction with Exodus 16:3

Numbers 33:25 narrates the journey through phases, which might suggest a straightforward path; Exodus 16:3 reflects the Israelites' complaints and desire to return to Egypt, indicating discontent and a desire to backtrack.

Exodus 16:3: And the children of Israel said unto them, Would to God we had died by the hand of the LORD in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the flesh pots, [and] when we did eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger.

Contradiction with Psalm 95:10-11

Numbers 33:25 simply tracks a location, but Psalm 95:10-11 discusses God's anger at the Israelites, vowing none shall enter His rest, contrasting the presumed progress of the journey.

Psalm 95:10-11: Forty years long was I grieved with [this] generation, and said, It [is] a people that do err in their heart, and they have not known my ways:

Contradiction with Deuteronomy 1:2

Numbers 33:25 lists their movements without any time frame, while Deuteronomy 1:2 notes it takes 11 days from Horeb to Kadesh Barnea compared to the 40 years of wandering due to disobedience.

Deuteronomy 1:2: ([There are] eleven days' [journey] from Horeb by the way of mount Seir unto Kadeshbarnea.)
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