Contradictions and Paradoxes in Numbers 33:33

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

According to the author of the Book of Numbers, this verse tells us about the Israelites moving from one place to another in their journey. It's like when you go from one campsite to another on a big trip.

Numbers 33:33: And they went from Horhagidgad, and pitched in Jotbathah.

Contradiction with Genesis 12:1

This verse, where God commands Abram to leave his country, contrasts with merely detailing a stopping point in a larger journey, as seen in Numbers 33:33.

Genesis 12:1: Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will shew thee:

Contradiction with Exodus 14:12

This verse, where Israelites express a desire to remain in Egypt, contradicts the notion of obediently following the journey recorded in Numbers 33:33.

Exodus 14:12: [Is] not this the word that we did tell thee in Egypt, saying, Let us alone, that we may serve the Egyptians? For [it had been] better for us to serve the Egyptians, than that we should die in the wilderness.

Contradiction with Numbers 14:4

The suggestion of appointing a new leader to return to Egypt contrasts with the continuous journey mentioned in Numbers 33:33.

Numbers 14:4: And they said one to another, Let us make a captain, and let us return into Egypt.

Contradiction with Deuteronomy 1:2

This verse highlights an 11-day journey to Kadesh-barnea, contrasting the prolonged wandering suggested by the extensive list of stops in Numbers 33.

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