Exodus

questions: 53

Old Testament · questions that cite Exodus.

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These marks echo where critical scholarship tends to land on each question — not GEBible’s own ruling.

Seen as a contradiction
Genuinely disputed
Seen as reconciled

Scholarly consensus: Usually considered reconciled
Who makes people blind?

The tension: Exodus 4:11 has Yahweh personally claim authorship over blindness, deafness, and muteness — they are direct acts of God.

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Scholarly consensus: Leans toward reconciliation
Who was God's firstborn son?

The tension: The Bible designates three different figures as God's firstborn.

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Scholarly consensus: Widely regarded as a genuine contradiction
Why was the Sabbath instituted?

The tension: The two versions of the Decalogue give incompatible etiologies for the Sabbath.

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Scholarly consensus: Widely regarded as a genuine contradiction
Should you obey your rulers?

The tension: Romans 13:1-6 commands universal submission to governing authorities on the grounds that they are ordained by God, are God's ministers, and punish only evildoe…

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Scholarly consensus: Genuinely disputed among scholars
Are miracles proof of divine mission?

The tension: Matthew 11:2-5 has Jesus point to his miracles — blind seeing, lame walking, lepers cleansed, deaf hearing, dead raised — as the answer to John the Baptist's q…

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