Contradictions and Paradoxes in Leviticus 15:32

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Leviticus 15:32 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Leviticus 15:32. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Moses, this verse explains the rules for someone who is sick or has a special kind of uncleanliness. These rules helped keep people clean and healthy in the community.

Leviticus 15:32: This [is] the law of him that hath an issue, and [of him] whose seed goeth from him, and is defiled therewith;

Contradiction with Matthew 9:20-22

This verse describes a woman with an issue of blood touching Jesus' garment to be healed, demonstrating the healing power and compassion of Christ, in contrast to the ritual impurity outlined in Leviticus 15:32.

Matthew 9:20-22: And, behold, a woman, which was diseased with an issue of blood twelve years, came behind [him], and touched the hem of his garment:

Contradiction with Mark 7:14-23

Jesus teaches that it's not what enters a person from outside that defiles them, but what comes from within, contrasting with the physical defilement described in Leviticus 15:32.

Mark 7:14-23: There is nothing from without a man, that entering into him can defile him: but the things which come out of him, those are they that defile the man.

Contradiction with Acts 10:15

Peter's vision where God declares all animals clean contradicts the strict purity laws, including the ones about bodily discharges in Leviticus 15:32.

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

Contradiction with Romans 14:14

Paul states that nothing is unclean in itself, countering the idea of ritual uncleanness found in Leviticus 15:32.

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 3:28

Emphasizes the unity of all in Christ Jesus, transcending the distinctions and separations created by laws such as those in Leviticus 15:32.

Galatians 3:28: There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.

Contradiction with Hebrews 10:1

Describes the law as a shadow of good things to come, indicating that the detailed rules, like those in Leviticus 15:32, are surpassed by the new covenant in Christ.

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 Ephesians 2:14-15

Christ's purpose was to create peace and unity by abolishing the law with its commandments and regulations, which includes the ceremonial laws referenced in Leviticus 15:32.

Ephesians 2:14-15: For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition [between us];
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