Contradictions and Paradoxes in Exodus 24:5

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Exodus 24:5 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Exodus 24:5. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Moses, in this story, young people were asked to give special gifts of animals to God to show their love and to keep peace with Him. They hoped these gifts would make God happy.

Exodus 24:5: And he sent young men of the children of Israel, which offered burnt offerings, and sacrificed peace offerings of oxen unto the LORD.

Contradiction with Exodus 20:24

Contradicts Exodus 24:5 by specifying the types of offerings (burnt offerings and peace offerings) acceptable, limiting the generalization found in Exodus 24:5 about "peace offerings of oxen unto the Lord."

Exodus 20:24: An altar of earth thou shalt make unto me, and shalt sacrifice thereon thy burnt offerings, and thy peace offerings, thy sheep, and thine oxen: in all places where I record my name I will come unto thee, and I will bless thee.

Contradiction with Hebrews 10:4

Contradicts Exodus 24:5 by indicating that animal sacrifices, such as those offered in Exodus, cannot take away sins, while Exodus 24:5 implies their significance.

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

Contradiction with Isaiah 1:11

Contradicts Exodus 24:5 by expressing God's disdain for the multitude of sacrifices, including those like the offerings in Exodus 24:5.

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 Psalm 51:16

Contradicts Exodus 24:5 as it suggests that God does not delight in sacrifices, challenging the implication in Exodus 24:5 that these offerings are acceptable.

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