Contradictions and Paradoxes in Numbers 19:19

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

According to Moses, this verse teaches that if someone is unclean, a clean person helps them get clean by washing and sprinkling water on certain days. This process makes sure everyone stays healthy and pure.

Numbers 19:19: And the clean [person] shall sprinkle upon the unclean on the third day, and on the seventh day: and on the seventh day he shall purify himself, and wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and shall be clean at even.

Contradiction with Matthew 15:11

This verse emphasizes that it is not what goes into a person's mouth that defiles them, but what comes out of it, contradicting the external purification rites prescribed in Numbers 19:19.

Matthew 15:11: Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man.

Contradiction with Mark 7:18-19

These verses indicate that Jesus declared all foods clean, opposing the idea of ceremonial cleanliness and purification as mentioned in Numbers 19:19.

Mark 7:18-19: Because it entereth not into his heart, but into the belly, and goeth out into the draught, purging all meats?

Contradiction with Hebrews 9:13-14

These verses suggest that the blood of Christ provides a superior spiritual cleansing compared to the physical purification rites, including those in Numbers 19:19.

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 Colossians 2:16-17

These verses declare that believers should not be judged by ritualistic practices (such as purification), viewing them as a shadow of things to come, thus contradicting the emphasis on purification rituals found in Numbers 19:19.

Colossians 2:16-17: Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath [days]: [in meat...: or, for eating and drinking] [respect: or, part]

Contradiction with Galatians 3:2-3

These verses question the reliance on the law and physical rituals for spiritual growth, contrasting with the ritualistic purification law in Numbers 19:19.

Galatians 3:2-3: This only would I learn of you, Received ye the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?
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