Contradictions and Paradoxes in Numbers 19:18

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Numbers 19:18 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Numbers 19:18. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Christian understanding, Moses explains that a person who is clean must use a special plant called hyssop and water to sprinkle and make everything and everyone around clean if they were near something that could make them dirty, like a bone or a grave. This shows how God wanted His people to stay clean and healthy.

Numbers 19:18: And a clean person shall take hyssop, and dip [it] in the water, and sprinkle [it] upon the tent, and upon all the vessels, and upon the persons that were there, and upon him that touched a bone, or one slain, or one dead, or a grave:

Contradiction with Mark 7:15

Jesus teaches that nothing from outside a person can defile them, contrasting with the ritual cleansing emphasis in Numbers 19:18.

Mark 7:15: If any man have ears to hear, let him hear.

Contradiction with Hebrews 9:13-14

Describes the superiority of the blood of Christ over the purification rituals mentioned in Numbers 19:18.

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 Acts 10:15

God's declaration that what He has cleansed shouldn't be considered common or unclean contrasts with the specific purification methods in Numbers 19:18.

Acts 10:15: And the voice [spake] unto him again the second time, What God hath cleansed, [that] call not thou common.

Paradox #1

Numbers 19:18 involves ritual purification using water mixed with ashes from a burnt offering. The moral conflict could arise from the Old Testament's emphasis on ritual purity and external cleansing, which might seem to contradict the New Testament's focus on internal faith and spiritual cleanliness. This difference might be seen as inconsistent in terms of what is considered important for moral and spiritual purity.

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