Contradictions and Paradoxes in Deuteronomy 16:10

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Deuteronomy 16:10 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Deuteronomy 16:10. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Moses, God wants people to have a special party called the Feast of Weeks and bring Him a gift because He has been kind and given them many good things. The gift should come from their hearts and be something they want to give.

Deuteronomy 16:10: And thou shalt keep the feast of weeks unto the LORD thy God with a tribute of a freewill offering of thine hand, which thou shalt give [unto the LORD thy God], according as the LORD thy God hath blessed thee: [a tribute: or, sufficiency]

Contradiction with Exodus 23:15

This verse states that the Feast of Unleavened Bread should be kept, whereas Deuteronomy 16:10 focuses on the Feast of Weeks.

Exodus 23:15: Thou shalt keep the feast of unleavened bread: (thou shalt eat unleavened bread seven days, as I commanded thee, in the time appointed of the month Abib; for in it thou camest out from Egypt: and none shall appear before me empty:)

Contradiction with Leviticus 23:16

Here, the offering of new grain is commanded at a different time, conflicting with Deuteronomy 16:10's timing for the Feast of Weeks celebration.

Leviticus 23:16: Even unto the morrow after the seventh sabbath shall ye number fifty days; and ye shall offer a new meat offering unto the LORD.

Contradiction with Numbers 28:26

This verse specifies an offering of two loaves of bread, which contradicts the offering instructions given in Deuteronomy 16:10.

Numbers 28:26: Also in the day of the firstfruits, when ye bring a new meat offering unto the LORD, after your weeks [be out], ye shall have an holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work:

Contradiction with Exodus 34:22

The timing described here for the Feast of Weeks appears to differ from the timing in Deuteronomy 16:10.

Exodus 34:22: And thou shalt observe the feast of weeks, of the firstfruits of wheat harvest, and the feast of ingathering at the year's end. [year's end: Heb. revolution of the year]

Contradiction with Deuteronomy 16:16

This verse lists multiple feasts that require appearing before the Lord, potentially conflicting with the focus on the single feast in Deuteronomy 16:10.

Deuteronomy 16:16: Three times in a year shall all thy males appear before the LORD thy God in the place which he shall choose; in the feast of unleavened bread, and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of tabernacles: and they shall not appear before the LORD empty:
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