Contradictions and Paradoxes in Leviticus 14:23

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Leviticus 14:23 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Leviticus 14:23. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Moses, this verse means that if someone needs to get clean again, they should bring special things to the priest on the eighth day and meet at the special tent where they pray to God. This shows that God wants people to be pure and follow His rules.

Leviticus 14:23: And he shall bring them on the eighth day for his cleansing unto the priest, unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, before the LORD.

Contradiction with Matthew 12:7

Jesus emphasizes mercy over sacrifice, suggesting a departure from the strict ritualistic requirements found in Leviticus.

Matthew 12:7: But if ye had known what [this] meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice, ye would not have condemned the guiltless.

Contradiction with Hebrews 10:1

This verse indicates the law, including ritual sacrifices, was only a shadow of good things to come and not the very image, suggesting the limitations and transience of such rituals.

Hebrews 10:1: For the law having a shadow of good things to come, [and] not the very image of the things, can never with those sacrifices which they offered year by year continually make the comers thereunto perfect.

Contradiction with Colossians 2:16-17

Paul teaches that rituals and laws concerning food, drink, and holy days are a shadow of things to come and not to be judged, potentially contradicting the permanence implied by Leviticus.

Colossians 2:16-17: Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath [days]: [in meat...: or, for eating and drinking] [respect: or, part]

Contradiction with Galatians 3:23-25

Paul speaks of the law as a guardian until Christ came, after which believers are no longer under such a guardian, indicating a shift or replacement of the law's function.

Galatians 3:23-25: But before faith came, we were kept under the law, shut up unto the faith which should afterwards be revealed.

Contradiction with Matthew 5:17-18

While Jesus comes not to abolish the law but to fulfill it, the interpretation in practice can imply a transformation of the law's application, potentially contradicting a literal adherence to practices like those in Leviticus.

Matthew 5:17-18: Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.

Contradiction with Romans 14:14

Paul states that nothing is unclean in itself, challenging the concept of ritual purity found in Leviticus laws.

Romans 14:14: I know, and am persuaded by the Lord Jesus, that [there is] nothing unclean of itself: but to him that esteemeth any thing to be unclean, to him [it is] unclean. [unclean: Gr. common]
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