Contradictions and Paradoxes in Leviticus 14:15

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Leviticus 14:15 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Leviticus 14:15. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of Leviticus, this verse shows that the priest is helping to make someone clean and healthy again by using oil as part of a special ceremony. The priest pours the oil into his hand to get ready for the next step in the process.

Leviticus 14:15: And the priest shall take [some] of the log of oil, and pour [it] into the palm of his own left hand:

Contradiction with Exodus 29:7

Contradicts Leviticus 14:15 by describing the application of oil as part of anointing rather than a purification ritual.

Exodus 29:7: Then shalt thou take the anointing oil, and pour [it] upon his head, and anoint him.

Contradiction with Numbers 35:33

Speaks against using any act, including rituals, to cleanse the land from blood defilement, differing from Leviticus 14:15’s cleansing ritual.

Numbers 35:33: So ye shall not pollute the land wherein ye [are]: for blood it defileth the land: and the land cannot be cleansed of the blood that is shed therein, but by the blood of him that shed it. [the land cannot...: Heb. there can be no expiation for the land]

Contradiction with Mark 7:18-19

Jesus declares all foods clean, suggesting external rites like Leviticus 14:15’s are unnecessary.

Mark 7:18-19: Because it entereth not into his heart, but into the belly, and goeth out into the draught, purging all meats?

Contradiction with Hebrews 10:4

Argues that the blood of animals (and by extension, related rituals) cannot take away sins, offering a theological contradiction.

Hebrews 10:4: For [it is] not possible that the blood of bulls and of goats should take away sins.
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