Contradictions and Paradoxes in Deuteronomy 26:1

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Deuteronomy 26:1 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Deuteronomy 26:1. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of Deuteronomy, God is telling the people that when they arrive in the special land He promised to give them, they should remember it is a gift from Him. They are meant to live there and enjoy it as their new home.

Deuteronomy 26:1: And it shall be, when thou [art] come in unto the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee [for] an inheritance, and possessest it, and dwellest therein;

Contradiction with Matthew 5:17

This verse states Jesus did not come to destroy the law but to fulfill it, which may seem contrary to the commandment to follow the given law in Deuteronomy.

Matthew 5:17: Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.

Contradiction with Acts 10:15

Peter is told that what God has cleansed should not be called common, which opens the idea of reforming ritual laws given in Deuteronomy.

Acts 10:15: And the voice [spake] unto him again the second time, What God hath cleansed, [that] call not thou common.

Contradiction with Mark 7:18-19

Jesus declares all foods clean, challenging the traditional laws about unclean foods stated in Deuteronomy.

Mark 7:18-19: Because it entereth not into his heart, but into the belly, and goeth out into the draught, purging all meats?
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