Contradictions and Paradoxes in Numbers 33:29

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Numbers 33:29 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Numbers 33:29. 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 Mithcah, to a new place, called Hashmonah, while they were traveling through the desert. It shows how God was guiding them on their journey.

Numbers 33:29: And they went from Mithcah, and pitched in Hashmonah.

Contradiction with Joshua 13:30

Numbers 33:29 lists the camp from Mithkah to Hashmonah, while Joshua 13:30 describes divisions of land for the children of Gad, indicating a different context of location and travel.

Joshua 13:30: And their coast was from Mahanaim, all Bashan, all the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, and all the towns of Jair, which [are] in Bashan, threescore cities:

Contradiction with Deuteronomy 1:2

Numbers 33:29 suggests a direct travel route, whereas Deuteronomy 1:2 gives a specific travel time from Horeb to Kadesh-barnea, which may imply a different understanding of journey duration or sequence.

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

Contradiction with Exodus 13:17

Numbers 33:29 indicates a part of the Israelites' journey, while Exodus 13:17 says God did not lead them through the land of the Philistines, suggesting a possible avoidance of certain areas.

Exodus 13:17: And it came to pass, when Pharaoh had let the people go, that God led them not [through] the way of the land of the Philistines, although that [was] near; for God said, Lest peradventure the people repent when they see war, and they return to Egypt:

Contradiction with Numbers 21:11

Although both passages refer to the Israelites' journey, Numbers 21:11 describes different stages, potentially contradicting the listed order in Numbers 33:29.

Numbers 21:11: And they journeyed from Oboth, and pitched at Ijeabarim, in the wilderness which [is] before Moab, toward the sunrising. [Ijeabarim: or, heaps of Abarim]
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