Contradictions and Paradoxes in Exodus 40:10

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Exodus 40:10 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Exodus 40:10. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Moses, the author of the book, God wanted the altar and all its tools to be really special and blessed. This way, the altar would be the most special and holy place for offerings to God.

Exodus 40:10: And thou shalt anoint the altar of the burnt offering, and all his vessels, and sanctify the altar: and it shall be an altar most holy. [most holy: Heb. holiness of holinesses]

Contradiction with Hebrews 10:10

Exodus 40:10 commands consecration of the altar, implying repeated sacrifices, whereas Hebrews 10:10 implies sanctification is achieved through a one-time offering.

Hebrews 10:10: By the which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once [for all].

Contradiction with Hebrews 9:12

Exodus 40:10 involves continuous sacrificial practices for atonement, while Hebrews 9:12 states that Christ entered once into the holy place, obtaining eternal redemption.

Hebrews 9:12: Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood he entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption [for us].

Contradiction with Isaiah 1:11

Exodus 40:10 emphasizes the importance of sacrifices on the altar, whereas Isaiah 1:11 questions the necessity of such multitude of sacrifices.

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

Exodus 40:10 demands sacrifices for consecration, yet Psalm 51:16 indicates God does not delight in sacrifices.

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

Contradiction with Jeremiah 7:22

Exodus 40:10 presumes the need for sacrificial offerings, but Jeremiah 7:22 suggests that God did not command such sacrifices when leading the Israelites out of Egypt.

Jeremiah 7:22: 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]
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