Contradictions and Paradoxes in Deuteronomy 26:2

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Deuteronomy 26:2 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Deuteronomy 26:2. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Moses, God wants people to pick the first fruits they grow and bring them in a basket to a special place He chooses to show thanks. This is a way to say "thank you" to God for the land and the food.

Deuteronomy 26:2: That thou shalt take of the first of all the fruit of the earth, which thou shalt bring of thy land that the LORD thy God giveth thee, and shalt put [it] in a basket, and shalt go unto the place which the LORD thy God shall choose to place his name there.

Contradiction with Matthew 6:1-4

These verses advise giving in secret, whereas Deuteronomy 26:2 involves a public declaration and ceremony.

Matthew 6:1-4: Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven. [alms: or, righteousness] [of your: or, with your]

Contradiction with Matthew 5:17-18

Jesus emphasizes fulfilling the law, but Deuteronomy 26:2 is part of ceremonial laws some see as not binding under the New Covenant.

Matthew 5:17-18: Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.

Contradiction with Hebrews 8:13

Suggests the old covenant is obsolete, contradicting the ongoing practice implied in Deuteronomy 26:2.

Hebrews 8:13: In that he saith, A new [covenant], he hath made the first old. Now that which decayeth and waxeth old [is] ready to vanish away.

Contradiction with Galatians 3:23-25

States that the law was our guardian until Christ, indicating a shift that contrasts with the Old Testament practices in Deuteronomy 26:2.

Galatians 3:23-25: But before faith came, we were kept under the law, shut up unto the faith which should afterwards be revealed.

Contradiction with Colossians 2:16-17

Suggests that religious festivals, new moons, or Sabbaths (like those in Deuteronomy) are a shadow of things to come, implying they are not required under the New Covenant.

Colossians 2:16-17: Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath [days]: [in meat...: or, for eating and drinking] [respect: or, part]
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