Contradictions and Paradoxes in Numbers 7:85

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Numbers 7:85 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Numbers 7:85. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Moses, the people gave special silver plates and bowls as gifts to God, and when they added all the silver up, it weighed a lot, kind of like a big pile of coins. This was to show how much they wanted to honor God.

Numbers 7:85: Each charger of silver [weighing] an hundred and thirty [shekels], each bowl seventy: all the silver vessels [weighed] two thousand and four hundred [shekels], after the shekel of the sanctuary:

Contradiction with Exodus 30:23

Describes different amounts and types of materials used for offerings and anointing, contradicting Numbers 7:85 by specifying entirely different substances and quantities.

Exodus 30:23: Take thou also unto thee principal spices, of pure myrrh five hundred [shekels], and of sweet cinnamon half so much, [even] two hundred and fifty [shekels], and of sweet calamus two hundred and fifty [shekels],

Contradiction with 1 Kings 6:20-22

Provides measurements and descriptions of temple construction materials that differ from the offerings outlined in Numbers 7:85.

1 Kings 6:20-22: And the oracle in the forepart [was] twenty cubits in length, and twenty cubits in breadth, and twenty cubits in the height thereof: and he overlaid it with pure gold; and [so] covered the altar [which was of] cedar. [pure: Heb. shut up]

Contradiction with Leviticus 2:1

Discusses grain offerings and their ingredients, which can contradict the specifics of metal offerings mentioned in Numbers 7:85.

Leviticus 2:1: And when any will offer a meat offering unto the LORD, his offering shall be [of] fine flour; and he shall pour oil upon it, and put frankincense thereon:

Contradiction with Deuteronomy 16:17

Emphasizes the personal ability to give, contrasting with the fixed amounts in Numbers 7:85.

Deuteronomy 16:17: Every man [shall give] as he is able, according to the blessing of the LORD thy God which he hath given thee. [as...: Heb. according to the gift of his hand]

Contradiction with 1 Samuel 15:22

States that obedience is better than sacrifice, potentially contradicting the emphasis on material sacrifice in Numbers 7:85.

1 Samuel 15:22: And Samuel said, Hath the LORD [as great] delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey [is] better than sacrifice, [and] to hearken than the fat of rams.
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