Contradictions and Paradoxes in Leviticus 5:3

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Leviticus 5:3 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Leviticus 5:3. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Moses, if someone touches something that makes them unclean, even if they didn't know at first, once they find out, they have done something wrong. It's like realizing later you made a small mistake, and now you need to make it right.

Leviticus 5:3: Or if he touch the uncleanness of man, whatsoever uncleanness [it be] that a man shall be defiled withal, and it be hid from him; when he knoweth [of it], then he shall be guilty.

Contradiction with James 4:17

Contradicts in the sense of knowing what is right to do and failing to do it constitutes sin, whereas Leviticus 5:3 deals with unintentional uncleanness.

James 4:17: Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth [it] not, to him it is sin.

Contradiction with Matthew 15:11

Emphasizes what comes out of the mouth defiles a person, not what is touched, conflicting with the focus on physical uncleanness in Leviticus 5:3.

Matthew 15:11: Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man.

Contradiction with Acts 10:15

"What God hath cleansed, that call not thou common," contradicts the inherent uncleanness concept in Leviticus 5:3.

Acts 10:15: And the voice [spake] unto him again the second time, What God hath cleansed, [that] call not thou common.

Contradiction with Matthew 8:3

Jesus touching and cleansing the leper challenges the notion of becoming unclean by contact, a key aspect of Leviticus 5:3.

Matthew 8:3: And Jesus put forth [his] hand, and touched him, saying, I will; be thou clean. And immediately his leprosy was cleansed.

Contradiction with Romans 14:14

Paul's assertion that nothing is unclean in itself disputes the classification of uncleanness as per Leviticus 5:3.

Romans 14:14: I know, and am persuaded by the Lord Jesus, that [there is] nothing unclean of itself: but to him that esteemeth any thing to be unclean, to him [it is] unclean. [unclean: Gr. common]
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