Contradictions and Paradoxes in Deuteronomy 16:9

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Deuteronomy 16:9 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Deuteronomy 16:9. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Moses, God told people to count seven weeks from the time they start cutting their crops, which is a special way to remember how God helps them. It's like setting a countdown to a big celebration after the harvest.

Deuteronomy 16:9: Seven weeks shalt thou number unto thee: begin to number the seven weeks from [such time as] thou beginnest [to put] the sickle to the corn.

Contradiction with Exodus 12:18

Exodus 12:18 specifies the time to eat unleavened bread from the 14th to the 21st day of the month, whereas Deuteronomy 16:9 is about counting seven weeks from when the sickle is first put to the standing grain.

Exodus 12:18: In the first [month], on the fourteenth day of the month at even, ye shall eat unleavened bread, until the one and twentieth day of the month at even.

Contradiction with Leviticus 23:5-6

Leviticus 23:5-6 gives specific dates for Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread starting on the 14th and 15th day of the month, while Deuteronomy 16:9 counts weeks from starting the harvest without specific calendar dates.

Leviticus 23:5-6: In the fourteenth [day] of the first month at even [is] the LORD'S passover.

Contradiction with Numbers 28:16-17

Numbers 28:16-17 sets the Passover at the 14th day of the first month and doesn't reference harvesting like Deuteronomy 16:9 does with its agricultural focus.

Numbers 28:16-17: And in the fourteenth day of the first month [is] the passover of the LORD.

Contradiction with Leviticus 23:15-16

Leviticus 23:15-16 starts the count of weeks from the day after Sabbath during the Feast of Unleavened Bread, differing from Deuteronomy 16:9 which begins counting from when the sickle is first put to the grain.

Leviticus 23:15-16: And ye shall count unto you from the morrow after the sabbath, from the day that ye brought the sheaf of the wave offering; seven sabbaths shall be complete:

Contradiction with Exodus 23:15

Exodus 23:15 mandates the observance of the Feast of Unleavened Bread but does not connect it to the agricultural calendar like Deuteronomy 16:9, which directly ties it to the harvest period.

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:)
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