Contradictions and Paradoxes in Leviticus 8:21

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Leviticus 8:21 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Leviticus 8:21. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Moses, this verse talks about how he cleaned and prepared a special animal offering to God. God told Moses to burn it so it would make a nice smell for Him.

Leviticus 8:21: And he washed the inwards and the legs in water; and Moses burnt the whole ram upon the altar: it [was] a burnt sacrifice for a sweet savour, [and] an offering made by fire unto the LORD; as the LORD commanded Moses.

Contradiction with Hebrews 10:4

Contradicts the significance of animal sacrifices for purifying sins as mentioned in Leviticus 8:21, stating it is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins.

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

Contradiction with Isaiah 1:11

God questions the value of the multitude of sacrifices, suggesting they are not satisfactory to Him, contrary to the commanded sacrificial rites in Leviticus 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]

Contradiction with Psalm 51:16

David declares that God does not delight in sacrifice or burnt offering, which contrasts with the detailed sacrificial requirements outlined in Leviticus 8:21.

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

Expresses that God desires mercy and knowledge of Him rather than burnt offerings, challenging the necessity of sacrifices as in Leviticus 8:21.

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