Contradictions and Paradoxes in Leviticus 3:15

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Leviticus 3:15 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Leviticus 3:15. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of Leviticus, God wanted people to give Him certain parts of animals when making an offering. This was a special way to show love and respect to God.

Leviticus 3:15: And the two kidneys, and the fat that [is] upon them, which [is] by the flanks, and the caul above the liver, with the kidneys, it shall he take away.

Contradiction with Leviticus 7:23

This verse directly instructs not to eat any fat, which contrasts with Leviticus 3:15 allowing the fat of sacrificial animal to be offered, implying a use rather than prohibition.

Leviticus 7:23: Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, Ye shall eat no manner of fat, of ox, or of sheep, or of goat.

Contradiction with Deuteronomy 12:16

This verse instructs to pour out blood on the earth, contradicting Leviticus 3:15's context of offering blood on the altar.

Deuteronomy 12:16: Only ye shall not eat the blood; ye shall pour it upon the earth as water.

Contradiction with 1 Samuel 14:32-34

These verses describe Saul's men eating animals with blood, in a situation condemned, showing a contradiction with the careful instruction in Leviticus regarding offerings involving blood.

1 Samuel 14:32-34: And the people flew upon the spoil, and took sheep, and oxen, and calves, and slew [them] on the ground: and the people did eat [them] with the blood.

Contradiction with Acts 15:29

This verse advises abstaining from blood, which opposes the directive in Leviticus 3:15 involving blood as part of sacrificial practice.

Acts 15:29: That ye abstain from meats offered to idols, and from blood, and from things strangled, and from fornication: from which if ye keep yourselves, ye shall do well. Fare ye well.

Contradiction with Leviticus 7:26-27

These verses command not to eat blood, contrasting with Leviticus 3:15 where blood is used in sacrificial rites rather than being wholly prohibited.

Leviticus 7:26-27: Moreover ye shall eat no manner of blood, [whether it be] of fowl or of beast, in any of your dwellings.
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