Contradictions and Paradoxes in Leviticus 13:19

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Leviticus 13:19 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Leviticus 13:19. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Moses, if someone has a bump or spot on their skin that looks white and a little red, they should show it to the priest. This was how people made sure they were healthy and safe from skin problems.

Leviticus 13:19: And in the place of the boil there be a white rising, or a bright spot, white, and somewhat reddish, and it be shewed to the priest;

Contradiction with Mark 7:15-19

It suggests that external conditions or what enters a person don’t defile them, contradicting the focus on physical appearance as a sign of impurity in Leviticus 13:19.

Mark 7:15-19: If any man have ears to hear, let him hear.

Contradiction with Matthew 8:2-3

Jesus touches and heals a leper, challenging the Old Testament's emphasis on avoiding the ritually unclean, as seen in Leviticus 13:19.

Matthew 8:2-3: And, behold, there came a leper and worshipped him, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean.

Contradiction with Galatians 3:28

Emphasizes that all people are equal in Christ, contrasting with the exclusion and examination procedures of the diseased as described in Leviticus 13:19.

Galatians 3:28: There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.

Contradiction with 1 Corinthians 6:19-20

Speaks about the body as a temple of the Holy Spirit, focusing on spiritual cleanliness rather than physical signs of disease noted in Leviticus 13:19.

1 Corinthians 6:19-20: What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost [which is] in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?

Contradiction with John 9:2-3

Jesus denies that physical conditions, such as skin diseases, are necessarily related to sin or impurity, differing from the association often drawn in Leviticus 13:19.

John 9:2-3: And his disciples asked him, saying, Master, who did sin, this man, or his parents, that he was born blind?
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