Contradictions and Paradoxes in Leviticus 23:17

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Leviticus 23:17 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Leviticus 23:17. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Moses, who is believed to have written the book of Leviticus, God told the people to bake two special loaves of bread with yeast to give as a gift. This showed they were thankful for the first part of their harvest and wanted to share it with God.

Leviticus 23:17: Ye shall bring out of your habitations two wave loaves of two tenth deals: they shall be of fine flour; they shall be baken with leaven; [they are] the firstfruits unto the LORD.

Contradiction with Exodus 34:25

This verse forbids offering blood sacrifices with leavened bread, while Leviticus 23:17 prescribes presenting leavened bread as an offering.

Exodus 34:25: Thou shalt not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leaven; neither shall the sacrifice of the feast of the passover be left unto the morning.

Contradiction with 1 Corinthians 5:7-8

Paul encourages the purging of leaven to celebrate the feast, contrasting with the use of leavened bread in Leviticus 23:17.

1 Corinthians 5:7-8: Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even Christ our passover is sacrificed for us: [is sacrificed; or, is slain]

Contradiction with Matthew 16:11-12

Jesus warns against the "leaven" of the Pharisees, using it metaphorically for corruption, while Leviticus 23:17 instructs the use of actual leaven in offerings.

Matthew 16:11-12: How is it that ye do not understand that I spake [it] not to you concerning bread, that ye should beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees?

Contradiction with Exodus 12:15

This verse commands the removal of leaven for seven days during the Feast of Unleavened Bread, opposite to presenting leavened bread in Leviticus 23:17.

Exodus 12:15: Seven days shall ye eat unleavened bread; even the first day ye shall put away leaven out of your houses: for whosoever eateth leavened bread from the first day until the seventh day, that soul shall be cut off from Israel.

Contradiction with Galatians 5:9

This verse metaphorically uses leaven to represent negative influence, conflicting with the inclusion of leaven in Leviticus 23:17's offerings.

Galatians 5:9: A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump.
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