Contradictions and Paradoxes in 1 Samuel 2:15

Check out Contradictions Catalog of 1 Samuel 2:15 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts 1 Samuel 2:15. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of 1 Samuel, some of the priests' helpers were not following the rules when people brought their sacrifices. Instead of sharing the cooked meat the right way, they were asking for the raw meat because they wanted to cook it themselves.

1 Samuel 2:15: Also before they burnt the fat, the priest's servant came, and said to the man that sacrificed, Give flesh to roast for the priest; for he will not have sodden flesh of thee, but raw.

Contradiction with Leviticus 7:31

This verse states that the priest shall burn the fat upon the altar, contradicting 1 Samuel 2:15 where the servant demands raw meat for roasting before the fat is burned.

Leviticus 7:31: And the priest shall burn the fat upon the altar: but the breast shall be Aaron's and his sons'.

Contradiction with Leviticus 3:16

This verse establishes that all fat is the Lord's, contradicting the servant's insistence on receiving raw meat with fat in 1 Samuel 2:15.

Leviticus 3:16: And the priest shall burn them upon the altar: [it is] the food of the offering made by fire for a sweet savour: all the fat [is] the LORD'S.

Contradiction with Leviticus 7:25

This verse warns against eating fat, leading to being cut off from people, unlike the demand in 1 Samuel 2:15 where fat is sought after.

Leviticus 7:25: For whosoever eateth the fat of the beast, of which men offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD, even the soul that eateth [it] shall be cut off from his people.

Contradiction with Leviticus 7:23

This verse commands not to eat fat, contradicting the servant's actions seeking the fat with the meat in 1 Samuel 2:15.

Leviticus 7:23: Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, Ye shall eat no manner of fat, of ox, or of sheep, or of goat.

Contradiction with Exodus 29:13

This verse outlines burning fat on the altar as part of offerings, differing from 1 Samuel 2:15 where fat is taken directly for the servant.

Exodus 29:13: And thou shalt take all the fat that covereth the inwards, and the caul [that is] above the liver, and the two kidneys, and the fat that [is] upon them, and burn [them] upon the altar. [the caul: it seemeth by anatomy, and the Hebrew doctors, to be the midriff]

Contradiction with Leviticus 4:8-10

These verses further describe burning the fat on the altar, opposed to the raw distribution in 1 Samuel 2:15.

Leviticus 4:8-10: And he shall take off from it all the fat of the bullock for the sin offering; the fat that covereth the inwards, and all the fat that [is] upon the inwards,
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