Contradictions and Paradoxes in Numbers 18:11

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Numbers 18:11 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Numbers 18:11. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Moses, God gave special gifts and offerings to the priests and their families to keep forever. These were special things like food that everyone in the priest’s family who was clean could eat.

Numbers 18:11: And this [is] thine; the heave offering of their gift, with all the wave offerings of the children of Israel: I have given them unto thee, and to thy sons and to thy daughters with thee, by a statute for ever: every one that is clean in thy house shall eat of it.

Contradiction with 1 Samuel 2:36

This verse describes how those who are not priests will beg for a priestly position to have enough to eat, contradicting the guaranteed sustenance for priests in Numbers 18:11.

1 Samuel 2:36: And it shall come to pass, [that] every one that is left in thine house shall come [and] crouch to him for a piece of silver and a morsel of bread, and shall say, Put me, I pray thee, into one of the priests' offices, that I may eat a piece of bread. [Put: Heb. Join] [one of...: or, somewhat about the priesthood]

Contradiction with Jeremiah 23:11

This verse speaks against priests who are corrupt, contradicting the special provision and status given to them in Numbers 18:11.

Jeremiah 23:11: For both prophet and priest are profane; yea, in my house have I found their wickedness, saith the LORD.

Contradiction with Hebrews 7:12

This verse explains the change in the priesthood, which contradicts the permanency of priestly provisions described in Numbers 18:11.

Hebrews 7:12: For the priesthood being changed, there is made of necessity a change also of the law.

Paradox #1

The contradiction in Numbers 18:11 could be seen as the unfair distribution of resources, favoring the priests over others. This sets a potential inequality in how people receive their needs based on religious status.

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