Contradictions and Paradoxes in Leviticus 15:13

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Leviticus 15:13 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Leviticus 15:13. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Moses, people believed that if someone was sick, they needed to make sure they were really better by waiting seven days and washing with water before they could say they were all clean and healthy. This was a way to help everyone stay safe and not get sick too.

Leviticus 15:13: And when he that hath an issue is cleansed of his issue; then he shall number to himself seven days for his cleansing, and wash his clothes, and bathe his flesh in running water, and shall be clean.

Contradiction with Mark 7:15

Jesus teaches that nothing outside a person can defile them, contradicting the ritual cleansing requirements in Leviticus 15:13.

Mark 7:15: If any man have ears to hear, let him hear.

Contradiction with Matthew 15:11

Asserts that what enters the mouth doesn't defile a person, challenging the emphasis on external purification in Leviticus 15:13.

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 Colossians 2:16-17

Suggests that religious observances related to purity are a shadow of things to come, contrasting the detailed cleansing rituals of Leviticus 15:13.

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 Hebrews 10:1

Indicates that the law has only a shadow of good things to come, which could be seen as downplaying the specific ceremonial laws like those in Leviticus 15:13.

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 Romans 14:14

Declares that nothing is unclean of itself, contradicting the notion of impurity needing ritual cleansing as described in Leviticus 15:13.

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]

Contradiction with Galatians 5:1

Encourages believers to stand firm in the freedom from the law, contrasting the bound nature of ritual laws like those in Leviticus 15:13.

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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