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1. **The Disciples' Instructions**  
   - Matthew 10:10: Jesus tells disciples to take no staff.  
   - Mark 6:8: Jesus permits them to take a staff[1].

2. **The Flight to Egypt**  
   - Matthew 2:13-15: Joseph, Mary, and Jesus flee to Egypt.  
   - Luke 2:39-40: They return directly to Nazareth without mention of Egypt[3].

3. **The Sequence of Events at Jesus' Death**  
   - Mark 15:37-39: The temple curtain tears after Jesus dies.  
   - Luke 23:45-46: The curtain tears before Jesus dies[3].

4. **Number of Blind Men Healed**  
   - Matthew 20:30: Two blind men are healed near Jericho.  
   - Mark 10:46-52: Only one blind man, Bartimaeus, is mentioned[4].

5. **Creation Order**  
   - Genesis 1: Plants created before humans.  
   - Genesis 2: Humans created before plants[8].

### **External Contradictions**
1. **Age of the Earth**  
   - The Bible implies a young Earth (e.g., genealogies in Genesis).  
   - Scientific evidence suggests the Earth is ~4.5 billion years old.

2. **Global Flood**  
   - Genesis 7 describes a global flood covering all mountains.  
   - Geological evidence does not support a global flood.

### **Moral and Ethical Conflicts**
1. **Slavery**  
   - Exodus 21 provides rules for owning slaves, conflicting with modern ethics[7].

2. **God's Nature**  
   - Numbers 23:19: God does not change His mind.  
   - Exodus 32:14: God changes His mind about punishing Israel[8].

This list highlights contradictions skeptics often use to question biblical inerrancy or divine inspiration.

Citations:
[1] Dealing with the "contradictions" in the Bible - Nate's incoherent babble http://natebostian.blogspot.com/2011/06/dealing-with-contradictions-in-bible.html
[2] The Skeptic's Annotated Bible and Bible Studies: r/TrueAtheism https://www.reddit.com/r/TrueAtheism/comments/4irc34/the_skeptics_annotated_bible_and_bible_studies/
[3] Bible Contradictions? A Response to Bart Ehrman https://au.thegospelcoalition.org/article/bible-contradictions-a-response-to-bart-ehrman/
[4] Frequent Mistakes Skeptics Make with Alleged Bible Contradictions https://veritasdomain.wordpress.com/2019/07/30/frequent-mistakes-skeptics-make-with-alleged-bible-contradictions/
[5] Bible Contradictions Explained - Come Reason Ministries https://www.comereason.org/bible-contradictions-explained.asp
[6] Ignorance of the Biblical Language and the Skeptic Annotated Bible https://veritasdomain.wordpress.com/2022/01/04/ignorance-of-the-biblical-language-and-the-skeptic-annotated-bible/
[7] A Skeptical Look at Romans: Contradictions and Modern Conflicts https://www.logicallyfallacious.com/cgi-bin/uy/blog.cgi
[8] SAB Contradictions - Skeptic's Annotated Bible https://www.skepticsannotatedbible.com/contra/by_name.html

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