Contradiction with Isaiah 1:11
This verse questions the value of sacrificial offerings, including burnt offerings, in contrast to the detailed rituals involving animals described in Leviticus 16:7.
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 Psalm 40:6
This passage emphasizes that God does not desire sacrifice and offering, which contrasts with the detailed requirements for sacrifices found in Leviticus 16:7.
Psalm 40:6: Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire; mine ears hast thou opened: burnt offering and sin offering hast thou not required. [opened: Heb. digged]
Contradiction with Hosea 6:6
It expresses God's preference for mercy rather than sacrifice, contrasting with the sacrificial system detailed in Leviticus 16:7.
Hosea 6:6: For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.
Contradiction with Amos 5:22
God rejects the offerings and sacrifices, challenging the importance of ritual procedures like those in Leviticus 16:7.
Amos 5:22: Though ye offer me burnt offerings and your meat offerings, I will not accept [them]: neither will I regard the peace offerings of your fat beasts. [peace...: or, thank offerings]
Contradiction with Matthew 9:13
Jesus emphasizes mercy over sacrifice, possibly contradicting the emphasis on specific sacrificial rituals in Leviticus 16:7.
Matthew 9:13: But go ye and learn what [that] meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice: for I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.
Contradiction with Hebrews 10:8
This verse underscores that God did not desire sacrifices, contrasting the detailed sacrificial instructions in Leviticus 16:7.
Hebrews 10:8: Above when he said, Sacrifice and offering and burnt offerings and [offering] for sin thou wouldest not, neither hadst pleasure [therein]; which are offered by the law;
Contradiction with Proverbs 21:3
It states that doing righteousness and justice is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice, which challenges the sacrificial laws in Leviticus 16:7.
Proverbs 21:3: To do justice and judgment [is] more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice.