Contradictions and Paradoxes in Numbers 10:10

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Numbers 10:10 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Numbers 10:10. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Moses, this verse tells people to celebrate happy days and special times by playing trumpets when they give gifts to God, so they remember He is always with them. It reminds them that God is their special protector and friend.

Numbers 10:10: Also in the day of your gladness, and in your solemn days, and in the beginnings of your months, ye shall blow with the trumpets over your burnt offerings, and over the sacrifices of your peace offerings; that they may be to you for a memorial before your God: I [am] the LORD your God.

Contradiction with Amos 5:21

This verse expresses God's disdain for ceremonial feasts and festivities, which contrasts with the idea of rejoicing and celebrating in Numbers 10:10.

Amos 5:21: I hate, I despise your feast days, and I will not smell in your solemn assemblies. [in...: or, your holy days]

Contradiction with Isaiah 1:13-14

These verses show God's aversion to new moons and appointed feasts, contradicting the practice prescribed in Numbers 10:10.

Isaiah 1:13-14: Bring no more vain oblations; incense is an abomination unto me; the new moons and sabbaths, the calling of assemblies, I cannot away with; [it is] iniquity, even the solemn meeting. [iniquity: or, grief]

Contradiction with Hosea 2:11

Here, God declares the cessation of rejoicing, feasts, and celebrations, which opposes the call for gladness in Numbers 10:10.

Hosea 2:11: I will also cause all her mirth to cease, her feast days, her new moons, and her sabbaths, and all her solemn feasts.

Contradiction with Isaiah 58:3-4

These verses criticize the people’s insincere fasts and rituals, in contradiction to the sincere rejoicing and ceremony described in Numbers 10:10.

Isaiah 58:3-4: Wherefore have we fasted, [say they], and thou seest not? [wherefore] have we afflicted our soul, and thou takest no knowledge? Behold, in the day of your fast ye find pleasure, and exact all your labours. [labours: or, things wherewith ye grieve others: Heb. griefs]

Contradiction with Psalm 51:16-17

In this passage, God prefers a contrite heart over burnt offerings and ceremonial noise, contrasting with the celebration encouraged in Numbers 10:10.

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 Matthew 9:13

Jesus emphasizes mercy over sacrifice, which can contradict the ceremonial celebrations encouraged in Numbers 10:10.

Matthew 9:13: But go ye and learn what [that] meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice: for I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.
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