Contradictions and Paradoxes in Numbers 35:13

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Numbers 35:13 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Numbers 35:13. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Moses, God told the people to make six special cities where people could go to be safe if they accidentally hurt someone. These cities were places where they could stay until it was decided what happened and to keep them safe from anyone who might be angry.

Numbers 35:13: And of these cities which ye shall give six cities shall ye have for refuge.

Contradiction with Exodus 21:12

This verse states that he who smites a man, so that he dies, shall be surely put to death, contradicting Numbers 35:13 which establishes cities of refuge for accidental killers.

Exodus 21:12: He that smiteth a man, so that he die, shall be surely put to death.

Contradiction with Deuteronomy 19:11-12

These verses instruct that if any man hates his neighbor and lies in wait to kill him, he shall be delivered to the avenger of blood and die, contrasting with the protection offered in the cities of refuge as described in Numbers 35:13.

Deuteronomy 19:11-12: But if any man hate his neighbour, and lie in wait for him, and rise up against him, and smite him mortally that he die, and fleeth into one of these cities: [mortally: Heb. in life]

Contradiction with Genesis 9:6

This verse declares that whoever sheds man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed, which contrasts the concept of refuge provided in Numbers 35:13 for accidental manslayers.

Genesis 9:6: Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man.
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