The tension: Leviticus 19:34 and Deuteronomy 10:19 command Israel to love the stranger (ger) as themselves, remembering that they were strangers in Egypt.
The tension: Exodus, Leviticus, and Nehemiah consistently name Mount Sinai as the mountain of revelation (Exod 31:18, 34:4, 34:32, Lev 26:46, 27:34, Neh 9:13).
The tension: Exodus 33, Deuteronomy 7 and 31, and Joshua 1, 3, 17, and 21 all promise or declare total victory — God will drive out every Canaanite nation, no one will stan…
The tension: Exodus 34:1 has YHWH explicitly saying "I will write upon these tables the words that were in the first tables." Deuteronomy 10:4 confirms "he wrote on the tab…
The tension: Dozens of texts describe YHWH as merciful, gracious, slow to anger, abundant in loyalty — Exodus 34:6, Deut 4:31, the Psalms, the prophets, the New Testament l…
The tension: The Torah and the prophets repeatedly insist the Sabbath is a perpetual sign of the covenant — Exodus 31:13-16 calls it an everlasting obligation and Isaiah 56…
The tension: The Torah, prophets, and Wisdom literature relentlessly command fear of YHWH — Deuteronomy 6:13, Ecclesiastes 12:13, Proverbs 9:10, Matthew 10:28, and Hebrews…
The tension: Deuteronomy 31:9 and 1:1 attribute the Mosaic law to Moses, and the historical Christian and Jewish position has been Mosaic authorship of the entire Pentateuc…
The tension: Numbers 20:7-12 says YHWH barred Moses and Aaron from the promised land because Moses struck the rock at Meribah twice instead of speaking to it as commanded —…
The tension: Numbers 23-24 tells the story straight: Balaam was hired to curse Israel, but each time he opened his mouth God forced blessings out instead.
The tension: Deuteronomy 2:9 has Yahweh forbid Israel from picking a fight with Moab or seizing Moabite land, because Yahweh assigned Ar to the descendants of Lot.
The tension: Deuteronomy 2:19 and 2:37 forbid Israel from invading or seizing Ammonite land, because Yahweh assigned that land to the descendants of Lot.
The tension: Deuteronomy 4:40, Psalm 37:29, Psalm 78:69, Psalm 104:5, and Ecclesiastes 1:4 all assert that the earth abides forever — Psalm 104:5 specifically says it 'shou…
The tension: Deuteronomy 5:2-4 says Yahweh spoke to the Israelites at Horeb 'face to face out of the midst of the fire.' Deuteronomy 4:12, two chapters earlier in the same…
The tension: Deuteronomy 7:9, 11:1, 12:1, and Psalm 119:151-160 declare the commandments and statutes binding 'forever,' 'always,' and 'to a thousand generations.' Jesus in…
The tension: Acts 1:24, Psalm 44:21, and Psalm 139:2-3 affirm that God knows the secrets of the heart, that He understands thoughts from afar, that nothing in human conscio…
