Contradictions and Paradoxes in Exodus 29:23

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Exodus 29:23 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Exodus 29:23. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Moses, this verse talks about giving special bread to God during a special ceremony. It's like making a nice gift for God as a way to show love and respect.

Exodus 29:23: And one loaf of bread, and one cake of oiled bread, and one wafer out of the basket of the unleavened bread that [is] before the LORD:

Contradiction with Hebrews 10:4

This verse states that it is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins, contradicting the sacrificial system represented in Exodus 29:23.

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

Contradiction with Psalm 40:6

This verse indicates that burnt offerings and sin offerings are not desired by God, which contradicts the emphasis on offerings in Exodus 29:23.

Psalm 40:6: Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire; mine ears hast thou opened: burnt offering and sin offering hast thou not required. [opened: Heb. digged]

Contradiction with Isaiah 1:11

This verse questions the value of the multitude of sacrifices, contrasting with the sacrificial requirements in Exodus 29:23.

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 Micah 6:6-7

These verses question what is appropriate to offer to God and suggest that He desires justice and humility over sacrifices, contradicting the sacrificial system in Exodus 29:23.

Micah 6:6-7: 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?]

Contradiction with 1 Samuel 15:22

This verse emphasizes that obedience is better than sacrifice, challenging the necessity of the offerings described in Exodus 29:23.

1 Samuel 15:22: And Samuel said, Hath the LORD [as great] delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey [is] better than sacrifice, [and] to hearken than the fat of rams.
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