Contradictions and Paradoxes in Numbers 15:11

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Numbers 15:11 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Numbers 15:11. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Moses, God is telling the people how to offer a special gift to Him, using different kinds of animals, like a cow, a sheep, a lamb, or a baby goat. This shows that God wants everyone to be able to worship Him, no matter what they have.

Numbers 15:11: Thus shall it be done for one bullock, or for one ram, or for a lamb, or a kid.

Contradiction with Amos 5:21-22

These verses indicate God's rejection of certain offerings, which contradicts Numbers 15:11's directive about offering preparation.

Amos 5:21-22: I hate, I despise your feast days, and I will not smell in your solemn assemblies. [in...: or, your holy days]

Contradiction with Isaiah 1:11

Here, God questions the value of sacrifices, contradicting the perpetual offerings described in Numbers 15:11.

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 Jeremiah 7:22

States God did not command sacrifices when leading Israel out of Egypt, contradicting the stipulation in Numbers 15:11.

Jeremiah 7:22: For I spake not unto your fathers, nor commanded them in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, concerning burnt offerings or sacrifices: [concerning: Heb. concerning the matter of]

Contradiction with Hosea 6:6

Emphasizes mercy, not sacrifice, as desired by God, contradicting the ritual offerings outlined in Numbers 15:11.

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