Contradictions and Paradoxes in Jeremiah 41:5

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Jeremiah 41:5 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Jeremiah 41:5. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Jeremiah, a group of 80 men came from different towns with shaved beards, torn clothes, and cuts on their bodies. They brought gifts and special smoke to the house of God to worship and show they were sorry.

Jeremiah 41:5: That there came certain from Shechem, from Shiloh, and from Samaria, [even] fourscore men, having their beards shaven, and their clothes rent, and having cut themselves, with offerings and incense in their hand, to bring [them] to the house of the LORD.

Contradiction with Leviticus 19:28

Prohibits cutting oneself and making marks upon the body, which could contradict actions described as people coming with "their beards shaven, and their clothes rent, and having cut themselves" in Jeremiah 41:5.

Leviticus 19:28: Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you: I [am] the LORD.

Contradiction with Deuteronomy 14:1

States "ye shall not cut yourselves," which contradicts the actions of the men cutting themselves as mentioned in Jeremiah 41:5.

Deuteronomy 14:1: Ye [are] the children of the LORD your God: ye shall not cut yourselves, nor make any baldness between your eyes for the dead.

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