Contradictions and Paradoxes in Leviticus 13:31

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Leviticus 13:31 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Leviticus 13:31. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Moses, if a priest looks at a skin problem and sees that it isn't very deep and there is no black hair in it, he will keep the person away from others for seven days to watch it. This is to make sure the person is okay and doesn't spread anything bad.

Leviticus 13:31: And if the priest look on the plague of the scall, and, behold, it [be] not in sight deeper than the skin, and [that there is] no black hair in it; then the priest shall shut up [him that hath] the plague of the scall seven days:

Contradiction with Acts 10:15

This verse emphasizes that what God has cleansed should not be called common or unclean, which is a departure from the Old Testament law's detailed rules about impurity.

Acts 10:15: And the voice [spake] unto him again the second time, What God hath cleansed, [that] call not thou common.

Contradiction with Matthew 15:11

Here, Jesus declares that it is not what goes into the mouth (external observation) that defiles a man, but what comes out of the mouth, suggesting a shift from ritual impurity to moral purity.

Matthew 15:11: Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man.

Contradiction with Hebrews 8:13

This verse speaks about the old covenant being obsolete and replaced by the new covenant, which implies a movement away from the old laws and their detailed purity regulations.

Hebrews 8:13: In that he saith, A new [covenant], he hath made the first old. Now that which decayeth and waxeth old [is] ready to vanish away.
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