Contradiction with Exodus 29:9
This verse describes the establishment of the Levitical priesthood through a perpetual statute, contrary to Hebrews 7:16 which emphasizes a priesthood based on an endless life rather than a law of a carnal commandment.
Exodus 29:9: And thou shalt gird them with girdles, Aaron and his sons, and put the bonnets on them: and the priest's office shall be theirs for a perpetual statute: and thou shalt consecrate Aaron and his sons. [put: Heb. bind] [consecrate: Heb. fill the hand of]
Contradiction with Numbers 18:7
This verse restricts the priesthood to Aaron and his descendants, implying a hereditary and legal requirement contradicting the spiritual basis for priesthood in Hebrews 7:16.
Numbers 18:7: Therefore thou and thy sons with thee shall keep your priest's office for every thing of the altar, and within the vail; and ye shall serve: I have given your priest's office [unto you] as a service of gift: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.
Contradiction with Hebrews 5:1
This verse details that every high priest is taken from among men and ordained for men in things pertaining to God, which aligns with ordinances and differs from the eternal priesthood emphasized in Hebrews 7:16.
Hebrews 5:1: For every high priest taken from among men is ordained for men in things [pertaining] to God, that he may offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins:
Contradiction with Hebrews 9:9-10
These verses talk about gifts and sacrifices, which could not make the worshipper perfect, emphasizing the old way of external regulations that Hebrews 7:16 suggests is not the basis of the new priesthood.
Hebrews 9:9-10: Which [was] a figure for the time then present, in which were offered both gifts and sacrifices, that could not make him that did the service perfect, as pertaining to the conscience;