Contradictions and Paradoxes in Leviticus 4:12

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Leviticus 4:12 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Leviticus 4:12. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Moses, God told the people to take a whole bull outside of their camp to a special clean place and burn it there on wood. This was part of a way to say sorry for things they had done wrong and to make things right with God.

Leviticus 4:12: Even the whole bullock shall he carry forth without the camp unto a clean place, where the ashes are poured out, and burn him on the wood with fire: where the ashes are poured out shall he be burnt. [without...: Heb. to without the camp] [where...: Heb. at the pouring out of the ashes]

Contradiction with Matthew 5:17

Jesus declares that He came not to destroy the law but to fulfill it, which suggests a transformation or fulfillment of the sacrificial system mentioned in Leviticus 4:12.

Matthew 5:17: Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.

Contradiction with Hebrews 10:4

States that it is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins, contrasting with the role of animal sacrifices for atonement in Leviticus 4:12.

Hebrews 10:4: For [it is] not possible that the blood of bulls and of goats should take away sins.

Contradiction with Psalm 51:16-17

Emphasizes that God does not delight in sacrifices but in a contrite heart, contradicting the reliance on sacrifices as described in Leviticus 4:12.

Psalm 51:16-17: For thou desirest not sacrifice; else would I give [it]: thou delightest not in burnt offering. [else...: or, that I should]

Contradiction with Isaiah 1:11

This verse questions the value of sacrifices and burnt offerings, suggesting they are not desired by God, in contrast to the practice commanded in Leviticus 4:12.

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

God desires mercy and the knowledge of Himself more than burnt offerings, which contradicts the sacrificial requirements in Leviticus 4:12.

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