Contradictions and Paradoxes in Numbers 33:44

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Numbers 33:44 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Numbers 33:44. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Moses, who wrote the book, the Israelites traveled from a place called Oboth and camped in Ijeabarim, which is near the edge of a land called Moab. This shows how they moved from place to place on their journey.

Numbers 33:44: And they departed from Oboth, and pitched in Ijeabarim, in the border of Moab. [Ijeabarim: or, heaps of Abarim]

Contradiction with Exodus 3:5

This verse emphasizes the holiness of the location where God speaks, contradicting Numbers 33:44 which doesn't denote holiness to Ije-abarim.

Exodus 3:5: And he said, Draw not nigh hither: put off thy shoes from off thy feet, for the place whereon thou standest [is] holy ground.

Contradiction with Numbers 14:33

The wandering period described here contrasts with the brief stop mentioned in Numbers 33:44.

Numbers 14:33: And your children shall wander in the wilderness forty years, and bear your whoredoms, until your carcases be wasted in the wilderness. [wander: or, feed]

Contradiction with Deuteronomy 1:2

This verse references the short journey from Horeb to Kadesh-barnea, which contradicts the extended wanderings implied in Numbers 33:44.

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

Contradiction with Isaiah 11:11

This verse predicts a return, which contradicts the continual movement evident in Numbers 33:44.

Isaiah 11:11: And it shall come to pass in that day, [that] the Lord shall set his hand again the second time to recover the remnant of his people, which shall be left, from Assyria, and from Egypt, and from Pathros, and from Cush, and from Elam, and from Shinar, and from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea.
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