Contradictions and Paradoxes in Exodus 29:10

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Exodus 29:10 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Exodus 29:10. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of Exodus, this verse means that Aaron and his sons would touch the bull as a way to show they were giving their mistakes to the bull. It was a way to ask God to forgive them.

Exodus 29:10: And thou shalt cause a bullock to be brought before the tabernacle of the congregation: and Aaron and his sons shall put their hands upon the head of the bullock.

Contradiction with Proverbs 21:3

This verse emphasizes doing justice and judgment as more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice, which contrasts with the sacrificial instructions described in Exodus 29:10.

Proverbs 21:3: To do justice and judgment [is] more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice.

Contradiction with Hosea 6:6

This verse declares the desire for mercy and not sacrifice, and knowledge of God more than burnt offerings, which contradicts the sacrificial rituals outlined in Exodus 29:10.

Hosea 6:6: For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.

Contradiction with Isaiah 1:11

The verse questions the purpose of numerous sacrifices and expresses the Lord's lack of pleasure in burnt offerings, contradicting the acceptance of sacrifices as in Exodus 29:10.

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 Amos 5:21-22

The Lord says He despises and rejects religious feasts and offerings, showing a contradiction to the ritualistic importance of sacrifices in Exodus 29:10.

Amos 5:21-22: I hate, I despise your feast days, and I will not smell in your solemn assemblies. [in...: or, your holy days]

Contradiction with Micah 6:6-8

This passage suggests the Lord delights more in justice, mercy, and humility rather than burnt offerings and sacrifices, offering a counterpoint to the sacrificial system in Exodus 29:10.

Micah 6:6-8: Wherewith shall I come before the LORD, [and] bow myself before the high God? shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves of a year old? [of a...: Heb. sons of a year?]
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