Contradictions and Paradoxes in Numbers 35:34

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Numbers 35:34 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Numbers 35:34. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of the book of Numbers, God is telling the people not to make the land where they live dirty or bad because He lives there with them. God wants them to take care of the land because it is special to Him.

Numbers 35:34: Defile not therefore the land which ye shall inhabit, wherein I dwell: for I the LORD dwell among the children of Israel.

Contradiction with Genesis 1:28

This verse suggests dominion and subduing the earth, contrasting with the idea of not defiling the land.

Genesis 1:28: And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth. [moveth: Heb. creepeth]

Contradiction with Ecclesiastes 1:4

It implies the earth remains forever, unlike the concern for defilement in Numbers 35:34.

Ecclesiastes 1:4: [One] generation passeth away, and [another] generation cometh: but the earth abideth for ever.

Contradiction with Revelation 21:1

Introduces a new heaven and earth, negating the permanence suggested in Numbers 35:34.

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 Mark 7:18-19

Suggests all things that go into the body cannot defile a man, contrasting the defilement concern in Numbers 35:34.

Mark 7:18-19: Because it entereth not into his heart, but into the belly, and goeth out into the draught, purging all meats?
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