Contradictions and Paradoxes in Numbers 19:8

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Numbers 19:8 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Numbers 19:8. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of the book of Numbers, Moses, God wants people to be clean, both inside and outside. When someone helps with a special job, they need to wash and wait until nighttime to be clean again.

Numbers 19:8: And he that burneth her shall wash his clothes in water, and bathe his flesh in water, and shall be unclean until the even.

Contradiction with Mark 7:15

Mark 7:15 contradicts Numbers 19:8 by implying that external things do not defile a person spiritually, whereas Numbers 19:8 emphasizes physical defilement from external contact.

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

Contradiction with Acts 10:15

Acts 10:15 contradicts Numbers 19:8 by stating that what God has cleansed should not be considered unclean, in contrast to the ceremonial defilement described in Numbers 19:8.

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

Contradiction with Matthew 15:11

Matthew 15:11 opposes the idea of Numbers 19:8 by asserting that what enters the mouth does not defile a person, differing from the external defilement concern in Numbers 19:8.

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.
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