Contradictions and Paradoxes in Numbers 19:1

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Numbers 19:1 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Numbers 19:1. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Moses, God was talking to him and his brother Aaron. They were listening to what God wanted to tell them.

Numbers 19:1: And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,

Contradiction with Leviticus 1:3

The rituals in Leviticus discuss burnt offerings of male animals, whereas Numbers 19:1 introduces the red heifer, a female, for purification.

Leviticus 1:3: If his offering [be] a burnt sacrifice of the herd, let him offer a male without blemish: he shall offer it of his own voluntary will at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation before the LORD.

Contradiction with Hebrews 9:13-14

This passage argues the insufficiency of the blood of animals for true purification, contrasting with Numbers 19:1's establishment of sacrificial cleansing.

Hebrews 9:13-14: For if the blood of bulls and of goats, and the ashes of an heifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth to the purifying of the flesh:

Contradiction with Jeremiah 7:22

Indicates God did not command burnt offerings and sacrifices, seemingly contradicting God’s command in Numbers 19:1 for a specific sacrifice.

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 Isaiah 1:11

God expresses disinterest in sacrifices and burnt offerings, conflicting with the instructions to carry out sacrificial rituals in Numbers 19:1.

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]
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