Contradictions and Paradoxes in Leviticus 14:54

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Leviticus 14:54 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Leviticus 14:54. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Moses, this verse explains God's rules for people with skin problems like leprosy. It helps the priests know how to check and keep everyone safe and healthy.

Leviticus 14:54: This [is] the law for all manner of plague of leprosy, and scall,

Contradiction with 1 Corinthians 14:33

While Leviticus 14:54 focuses on ceremonial law and purification, 1 Corinthians 14:33 emphasizes God as not being the author of confusion, suggesting a departure from complexities of ritualistic law to simplicity in following a God of peace.

1 Corinthians 14:33: For God is not [the author] of confusion, but of peace, as in all churches of the saints. [confusion: Gr. tumult, or, unquietness]

Contradiction with Acts 10:15

Leviticus 14:54 deals with specific purity laws, whereas Acts 10:15 presents the revelation that what God has cleansed is not to be called common, contradicting the continued adherence to these purity laws.

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

Leviticus 14:54 is concerned with external cleanliness laws, but Matthew 15:11 contrasts this by stating that it is not what enters the mouth that defiles a person, but what comes out, shifting focus from external to internal 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 Mark 7:18-19

Leviticus 14:54 prescribes ceremonial purity laws, while Mark 7:18-19 declares all foods clean, contradicting the necessity of such rituals for purity.

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 Galatians 5:1

Leviticus 14:54 outlines Old Testament laws, yet Galatians 5:1 calls for standing firm in freedom from the yoke of such legalism, indicating a move away from ritual law to freedom in Christ.

Galatians 5:1: Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.
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