Contradiction with Isaiah 1:11
This verse contradicts the need for ritual sacrifice for atonement, emphasizing that God has no pleasure in burnt offerings and sacrifices.
Isaiah 1:11: To what purpose [is] the multitude of your sacrifices unto me? saith the LORD: I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; and I delight not in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he goats. [he goats: Heb. great he goats]
Contradiction with Hebrews 10:4
It states that it is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins, contradicting the effectiveness of the sin offerings in Leviticus.
Hebrews 10:4: For [it is] not possible that the blood of bulls and of goats should take away sins.
Contradiction with Hosea 6:6
Preferring mercy over sacrifice suggests a contradiction to the prescribed rituals in Leviticus 16:20.
Hosea 6:6: For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.
Contradiction with Micah 6:6-8
Emphasizes doing justly, loving mercy, and walking humbly with God as opposed to sacrificial rituals for atonement.
Micah 6:6-8: Wherewith shall I come before the LORD, [and] bow myself before the high God? shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves of a year old? [of a...: Heb. sons of a year?]
Contradiction with Amos 5:21-22
God rejects feasts and burnt offerings, presenting a contradiction to the rituals described in Leviticus.
Amos 5:21-22: I hate, I despise your feast days, and I will not smell in your solemn assemblies. [in...: or, your holy days]