Contradictions and Paradoxes in Leviticus 23:38

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Leviticus 23:38 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Leviticus 23:38. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of Leviticus, this verse means that God wanted people to remember special days and also bring gifts and promises to Him, like when you share your toys or say you'll help someone. It's a way of showing love to God, just like when you try to show kindness to people around you.

Leviticus 23:38: Beside the sabbaths of the LORD, and beside your gifts, and beside all your vows, and beside all your freewill offerings, which ye give unto the LORD.

Contradiction with Isaiah 1:11

Describes God’s lack of pleasure in burnt offerings, contrasting with Leviticus 23:38's emphasis on offerings.

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 Hosea 6:6

Prefers mercy over sacrifice, contradicting the sacrificial focus in Leviticus 23:38.

Hosea 6:6: For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.

Contradiction with Psalm 51:16

Indicates God does not desire sacrifice, in opposition to the commandment of offerings in Leviticus 23:38.

Psalm 51:16: For thou desirest not sacrifice; else would I give [it]: thou delightest not in burnt offering. [else...: or, that I should]

Contradiction with Jeremiah 7:22-23

Claims God did not command burnt offerings at the time of the Exodus, conflicting with the instructions in Leviticus 23:38.

Jeremiah 7:22-23: For I spake not unto your fathers, nor commanded them in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, concerning burnt offerings or sacrifices: [concerning: Heb. concerning the matter of]

Contradiction with Proverbs 21:3

States doing righteousness is more acceptable to God than sacrifice, conflicting with the ritual offerings in Leviticus 23:38.

Proverbs 21:3: To do justice and judgment [is] more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice.
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