Contradictions and Paradoxes in Numbers 33:3

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Numbers 33:3 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Numbers 33:3. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Moses, the story teller, right after a special holiday called Passover, the Israelite people left a place called Rameses feeling brave and strong, and all the Egyptians watched them go. This was an important moment because it showed that God was helping the Israelites.

Numbers 33:3: And they departed from Rameses in the first month, on the fifteenth day of the first month; on the morrow after the passover the children of Israel went out with an high hand in the sight of all the Egyptians.

Contradiction with Exodus 12:17

Numbers 33:3 states that the Israelites left Egypt on the 15th day of the first month, while Exodus 12:17 emphasizes the role of the Passover and does not specify the 15th day as the departure date.

Exodus 12:17: And ye shall observe [the feast of] unleavened bread; for in this selfsame day have I brought your armies out of the land of Egypt: therefore shall ye observe this day in your generations by an ordinance for ever.

Contradiction with Exodus 12:51

Numbers 33:3 mentions the departure as related to Passover, but Exodus 12:51 emphasizes it was at the command of the Lord, without specifically noting the Passover date.

Exodus 12:51: And it came to pass the selfsame day, [that] the LORD did bring the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt by their armies.

Contradiction with Exodus 13:4

Numbers 33:3 mentions the departure on the 15th day of the first month, while Exodus 13:4 states that they left in the month of Abib, not specifically referring to the 15th day.

Exodus 13:4: This day came ye out in the month Abib.

Contradiction with Deuteronomy 16:1

Numbers 33:3 specifies the 15th day for departure, but Deuteronomy 16:1 emphasizes observing the month of Abib as the time of departure, without mentioning the exact day.

Deuteronomy 16:1: Observe the month of Abib, and keep the passover unto the LORD thy God: for in the month of Abib the LORD thy God brought thee forth out of Egypt by night.

Contradiction with Exodus 12:18

Numbers 33:3 states the journey started on the 15th, whereas Exodus 12:18 talks about observing unleavened bread from the 14th, indicating the significance of the 14th and potentially causing confusion about the day of departure.

Exodus 12:18: In the first [month], on the fourteenth day of the month at even, ye shall eat unleavened bread, until the one and twentieth day of the month at even.
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