Contradictions and Paradoxes in Numbers 7:8

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Numbers 7:8 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Numbers 7:8. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Moses, the author of the book, God gave the sons of Merari wagons and oxen to help them carry important things for the tabernacle, which is a special tent for worship. They were guided by Ithamar, who was Aaron the priest’s son.

Numbers 7:8: And four wagons and eight oxen he gave unto the sons of Merari, according unto their service, under the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.

Contradiction with 1 Kings 8:66

Numbers 7:8 describes the offering given for the service of the Levites during the Tabernacle. 1 Kings 8:66 portrays the people blessing the king and going to their tents joyful and glad of heart, a more celebratory scene rather than one of offering and service.

1 Kings 8:66: On the eighth day he sent the people away: and they blessed the king, and went unto their tents joyful and glad of heart for all the goodness that the LORD had done for David his servant, and for Israel his people. [blessed: or, thanked]

Contradiction with Matthew 21:12

Numbers 7:8 depicts the giving of offerings for religious service, while Matthew 21:12 discusses Jesus driving out those buying and selling in the temple, showing a contrast in reverence and condemnation of commerce in religious spaces.

Matthew 21:12: And Jesus went into the temple of God, and cast out all them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of them that sold doves,
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