Contradictions and Paradoxes in Numbers 34:6

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Numbers 34:6 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Numbers 34:6. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of the book of Numbers, God is telling the Israelites that their land will have the big sea as their border on one side. This means the sea will be like a fence that shows where their land ends.

Numbers 34:6: And [as for] the western border, ye shall even have the great sea for a border: this shall be your west border.

Contradiction with Isaiah 11:15

This verse talks about drying up of the sea, a contrast to setting it as a boundary.

Isaiah 11:15: And the LORD shall utterly destroy the tongue of the Egyptian sea; and with his mighty wind shall he shake his hand over the river, and shall smite it in the seven streams, and make [men] go over dryshod. [dryshod: Heb. in shoes]

Contradiction with Revelation 21:1

Describes a new heaven and new earth where there is no more sea, contradicting the existence of the sea as a border.

Revelation 21:1: And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea.

Contradiction with Psalm 95:5

Claims that the sea is God's and He made it, focusing on divine ownership rather than it being a boundary for land.

Psalm 95:5: The sea [is] his, and he made it: and his hands formed the dry [land]. [The sea...: Heb. Whose the sea is]

Contradiction with Joshua 15:12

Describes the sea as a border for only a specific tribe (Judah), potentially contradicting the overall boundary for Israel in Numbers.

Joshua 15:12: And the west border [was] to the great sea, and the coast [thereof]. This [is] the coast of the children of Judah round about according to their families.

Contradiction with Genesis 1:9-10

God's command gathers waters, making them more universal rather than a specific boundary designation.

Genesis 1:9-10: And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry [land] appear: and it was so.

Contradiction with Psalm 104:9

States that waters will not pass their boundary, which could imply the sea's boundary is more about nature than man-made borders.

Psalm 104:9: Thou hast set a bound that they may not pass over; that they turn not again to cover the earth.
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