Contradictions and Paradoxes in Leviticus 2:15

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Leviticus 2:15 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Leviticus 2:15. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Moses, this verse means that people should put oil and a sweet-smelling spice called frankincense on their gifts of grain to God. It's a special way to say "thank you" and show love to God.

Leviticus 2:15: And thou shalt put oil upon it, and lay frankincense thereon: it [is] a meat offering.

Contradiction with Exodus 30:9

States that no strange incense should be offered, emphasizing prohibition against deviations, while Leviticus 2:15 includes frankincense in a specific offering.

Exodus 30:9: Ye shall offer no strange incense thereon, nor burnt sacrifice, nor meat offering; neither shall ye pour drink offering thereon.

Contradiction with Isaiah 1:11

Questions the value of burnt offerings, contrasting with Leviticus 2:15's structured guidelines for acceptable 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 Jeremiah 6:20

Suggests that frankincense and sweet cane from a far country are not pleasing, contradicting Leviticus 2:15, which includes frankincense.

Jeremiah 6:20: To what purpose cometh there to me incense from Sheba, and the sweet cane from a far country? your burnt offerings [are] not acceptable, nor your sacrifices sweet unto me.

Contradiction with Amos 5:22

God expresses disinterest in burnt and meal offerings, opposing the detailed offering instructions in Leviticus 2:15.

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 12:7

Emphasizes mercy over sacrifice, challenging the necessity of the offerings described in Leviticus 2:15.

Matthew 12:7: But if ye had known what [this] meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice, ye would not have condemned the guiltless.
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