Contradictions and Paradoxes in Leviticus 13:8

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Leviticus 13:8 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Leviticus 13:8. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Moses, if a priest notices that a sore is growing on someone's skin, he must say that the person is not clean because it might be leprosy. Leprosy is a skin disease that people in Bible times were very afraid of.

Leviticus 13:8: And [if] the priest see that, behold, the scab spreadeth in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it [is] a leprosy.

Contradiction with Mark 1:41-42

These verses describe Jesus healing a leper by touching him, which contradicts Leviticus 13:8, where the leper must be declared unclean and is to be avoided.

Mark 1:41-42: And Jesus, moved with compassion, put forth [his] hand, and touched him, and saith unto him, I will; be thou clean.

Contradiction with Matthew 8:3

In this verse, Jesus physically touches and cleanses a leper, contradicting the isolation and declaration of uncleanness found in Leviticus 13:8.

Matthew 8:3: And Jesus put forth [his] hand, and touched him, saying, I will; be thou clean. And immediately his leprosy was cleansed.

Contradiction with Luke 17:12-14

Jesus heals ten lepers from a distance without following the rituals described in Leviticus 13:8, which involves a priest making a declaration of uncleanness.

Luke 17:12-14: And as he entered into a certain village, there met him ten men that were lepers, which stood afar off:

Contradiction with John 9:6-7

Jesus heals a man with mud and washing, diverging from Leviticus 13:8's dependence on priestly inspection and declaration for cleansing.

John 9:6-7: When he had thus spoken, he spat on the ground, and made clay of the spittle, and he anointed the eyes of the blind man with the clay, [anointed...: or, spread the clay upon the eyes of the blind man]

Contradiction with Acts 10:15

This verse states that what God has made clean should not be called unclean, contradicting the rules of declaring unclean found in Leviticus 13:8.

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