Contradictions and Paradoxes in Leviticus 22:31

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Leviticus 22:31 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Leviticus 22:31. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Moses, God is telling His people to listen to Him and do what He says because He is the one in charge. It's like when your parents give you rules to follow because they care about you.

Leviticus 22:31: Therefore shall ye keep my commandments, and do them: I [am] the LORD.

Contradiction with Romans 10:4

Leviticus 22:31 emphasizes keeping God's commandments, whereas Romans 10:4 states that Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone that believes.

Romans 10:4: For Christ [is] the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth.

Contradiction with Galatians 3:24-25

Leviticus 22:31 stresses observing God's commandments, but Galatians 3:24-25 explains that the law was a schoolmaster to bring us to Christ, and now that faith has come, we are no longer under a schoolmaster.

Galatians 3:24-25: Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster [to bring us] unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith.

Contradiction with Colossians 2:16-17

Leviticus 22:31 commands adherence to God's statutes, while Colossians 2:16-17 suggests that religious observances like dietary laws and holy days are a shadow of things to come, fulfilled in Christ.

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 8:13

Leviticus 22:31 entails following God's commandments, yet Hebrews 8:13 states that by naming a new covenant, the old one is made obsolete.

Hebrews 8:13: In that he saith, A new [covenant], he hath made the first old. Now that which decayeth and waxeth old [is] ready to vanish away.

Contradiction with Matthew 15:11

Leviticus 22:31 involves ritual observance, whereas Matthew 15:11 emphasizes that what goes into a person does not defile them, but what comes out of their mouth.

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 Acts 15:28-29

Leviticus 22:31 supports keeping divine commandments, however, Acts 15:28-29 presents a decision by the apostles that Gentiles need not follow most Jewish laws, only abstaining from certain things.

Acts 15:28-29: For it seemed good to the Holy Ghost, and to us, to lay upon you no greater burden than these necessary things;
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