Contradictions and Paradoxes in Exodus 30:10

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Exodus 30:10 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Exodus 30:10. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Moses, this verse means that Aaron, the priest, has to do something very special once a year to say sorry to God for the people's mistakes. He uses the blood of a special animal to make everything clean and right with God because it is very important.

Exodus 30:10: And Aaron shall make an atonement upon the horns of it once in a year with the blood of the sin offering of atonements: once in the year shall he make atonement upon it throughout your generations: it [is] most holy unto the LORD.

Contradiction with Hebrews 10:4

This verse states that it is not possible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins, contradicting the concept of atonement through sacrifice in Exodus 30:10.

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

Contradiction with Jeremiah 7:22-23

Suggests that God did not speak to the Israelites about burnt offerings and sacrifices when he brought them out of Egypt, presenting a challenge to the sacrificial regulations, including those in Exodus 30:10.

Jeremiah 7:22-23: For I spake not unto your fathers, nor commanded them in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, concerning burnt offerings or sacrifices: [concerning: Heb. concerning the matter of]

Contradiction with Isaiah 1:11

God questions the multitude of sacrifices and expresses that He has no pleasure in the blood of bulls, thus contradicting the sacrificial atonement prescribed in Exodus 30:10.

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 Psalm 51:16-17

Highlights that God does not delight in sacrifice, and instead desires a broken and contrite heart, conflicting with the ritualistic atonement practice in Exodus 30:10.

Psalm 51:16-17: For thou desirest not sacrifice; else would I give [it]: thou delightest not in burnt offering. [else...: or, that I should]

Paradox #1

Exodus 30:10 talks about the annual ritual of atonement, involving a specific kind of offering. A potential contradiction might be seen in the context of the New Testament, which emphasizes Jesus's sacrifice as a once-and-for-all atonement for sin, making repeated animal sacrifices unnecessary. This could create a tension between the Old Testament practice of continual sacrifices and the New Testament teaching of Jesus's final sacrifice.

Paradox #2

This verse deals with atonement and making an offering for sins once a year, which can be seen as inconsistent with the idea of forgiveness being available at any time. If forgiveness has a specific timetable, it might seem to conflict with the concept of a continually accessible and forgiving God.

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