Contradiction with Isaiah 1:11
This verse questions the value of burnt offerings, contrasting with Leviticus 2:9, which describes part of the 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 Micah 6:6-7
These verses express doubt about the worth of sacrifices, highlighting a contradiction with the prescribed offerings in Leviticus 2:9.
Micah 6:6-7: Wherewith shall I come before the LORD, [and] bow myself before the high God? shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves of a year old? [of a...: Heb. sons of a year?]
Contradiction with Psalm 51:16
This verse states that God does not delight in sacrifice, which contradicts the ritual importance described in Leviticus 2:9.
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 Hosea 6:6
This verse emphasizes mercy over sacrifice, opposing the sacrificial instructions in Leviticus 2:9.
Hosea 6:6: For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.
Contradiction with Matthew 9:13
Jesus states that God desires mercy, not sacrifice, challenging the focus on offerings in Leviticus 2:9.
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.