Contradictions and Paradoxes in Leviticus 2:9

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Leviticus 2:9 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Leviticus 2:9. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Moses, this verse means that the priest takes a little part of the people's special gift of grain and burns it on the altar as a way to say "thank you" to God, and it makes a pleasing smell for Him. This is like giving a nice present to show love and respect to God.

Leviticus 2:9: And the priest shall take from the meat offering a memorial thereof, and shall burn [it] upon the altar: [it is] an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD.

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.
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