Contradictions and Paradoxes in 2 Chronicles 29:33

Check out Contradictions Catalog of 2 Chronicles 29:33 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts 2 Chronicles 29:33. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of Chronicles, the people gave many animals as gifts to God to show they were sorry and wanted to make things right with Him. They gave 600 cows and 3,000 sheep for a special prayer time.

2 Chronicles 29:33: And the consecrated things [were] six hundred oxen and three thousand sheep.

Contradiction with Hebrews 10:4

Explains the insufficiency of animal sacrifices for taking away sins, whereas 2 Chronicles 29:33 talks about the multitude of sacrifices offered.

Hebrews 10:4: For [it is] not possible that the blood of bulls and of goats should take away sins.

Contradiction with Psalm 51:16

States God does not delight in sacrifices, contrasting with the offering in 2 Chronicles 29:33.

Psalm 51:16: For thou desirest not sacrifice; else would I give [it]: thou delightest not in burnt offering. [else...: or, that I should]

Contradiction with Isaiah 1:11

Highlights God's disdain for the multitude of sacrifices, opposed to 2 Chronicles 29:33's account of sacrifices being brought in abundance.

Isaiah 1:11: To what purpose [is] the multitude of your sacrifices unto me? saith the LORD: I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; and I delight not in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he goats. [he goats: Heb. great he goats]

Contradiction with Micah 6:6-8

Emphasizes that God requires justice, mercy, and humility over sacrifices, which contradicts the sacrificial focus in 2 Chronicles 29:33.

Micah 6:6-8: Wherewith shall I come before the LORD, [and] bow myself before the high God? shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves of a year old? [of a...: Heb. sons of a year?]

Contradiction with Hosea 6:6

Declares God's preference for mercy, not sacrifice, conflicting with the sacrificial practices described in 2 Chronicles 29:33.

Hosea 6:6: For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.
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