Contradictions and Paradoxes in Leviticus 4:8

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Leviticus 4:8 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Leviticus 4:8. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Moses, God asked people to give Him special parts of the bull as a way to say sorry for doing wrong things. This helped them make things right with God.

Leviticus 4:8: And he shall take off from it all the fat of the bullock for the sin offering; the fat that covereth the inwards, and all the fat that [is] upon the inwards,

Contradiction with Hebrews 10:4

Explains that it is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins, contrasting with Leviticus 4:8's implication of atonement through such offerings.

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

Contradiction with Hosea 6:6

States that God desires mercy and not sacrifice, and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings, contradicting the emphasis on sacrificial offerings in Leviticus 4:8.

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

Contradiction with Psalm 51:16-17

Suggests that God does not delight in sacrifice and burnt offerings as a means of atonement but prefers a broken spirit, which contradicts the sacrificial instructions given in Leviticus 4:8.

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

Questions the value of the multitude of sacrifices, suggesting that God does not take pleasure in the blood of bulls, thereby contradicting the prescribed rituals in Leviticus 4:8.

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]
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