The tension: Genesis 50:13 has Jacob's sons carrying him into Canaan and burying him in the cave of Machpelah near Hebron, the family tomb purchased by Abraham.
The tension: Exodus 17:1-7 locates the water-from-rock miracle at Rephidim in the wilderness of Sin ("the rock in Horeb"), with Moses naming the place Massah and Meribah.
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: 2 Samuel 6:6 locates Uzzah's death at "Nachon's threshingfloor." 1 Chronicles 13:9 locates the same event at "the threshingfloor of Chidon." Both texts describ…
The tension: 2 Kings 23:29-30 says Pharaoh Necho slew king Josiah at Megiddo, and his servants "carried him in a chariot dead from Megiddo" and brought the body to Jerusale…
The tension: Matthew 3:6 and Mark 1:5 say John baptized people 'in the Jordan' (Greek *en tō Iordanē*); Mark 1:9 specifies that Jesus was baptized 'in the Jordan.' John 1:2…
The tension: Mark 1:21, 29 puts the house of Simon and Andrew in Capernaum, where Jesus teaches in the synagogue and then walks straight to their home.
The tension: Mark 5:9-10 has Legion beg Jesus not to send the demons 'out of the country.' Luke 8:30-31, telling the same story, has them beg not to be sent 'into the deep'…
The tension: Acts 1:9-12 places the ascension on the Mount of Olives (Olivet), with the disciples returning to Jerusalem from there "a sabbath day's journey." Luke 24:50-51…
