Contradictions and Paradoxes in Numbers 28:13

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Numbers 28:13 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Numbers 28:13. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of the Book of Numbers, God told the people to mix flour with oil and offer it along with a lamb, as a special gift to Him. This made a nice smell and showed God that they loved and honored Him.

Numbers 28:13: And a several tenth deal of flour mingled with oil [for] a meat offering unto one lamb; [for] a burnt offering of a sweet savour, a sacrifice made by fire unto the LORD.

Contradiction with Hebrews 10:4

This verse states that it is not possible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins, whereas Numbers 28:13 describes offerings that were part of atonement practices.

Hebrews 10:4: For [it is] not possible that the blood of bulls and of goats should take away sins.

Contradiction with Psalm 40:6

This verse implies God does not desire sacrifice and offering, contrasting with the commanded sacrifices in Numbers 28:13.

Psalm 40:6: Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire; mine ears hast thou opened: burnt offering and sin offering hast thou not required. [opened: Heb. digged]

Contradiction with Isaiah 1:11

This verse indicates God’s disinterest in the multitude of sacrifices, conflicting with the requirements laid out in Numbers 28:13.

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]

Contradiction with Hosea 6:6

This verse emphasizes the desire for mercy and knowledge of God over burnt offerings, conflicting with the necessity of offerings in Numbers 28:13.

Hosea 6:6: For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.

Contradiction with Matthew 9:13

Jesus quotes that God desires mercy, not sacrifice, which is contrary to the sacrificial instructions given in Numbers 28:13.

Matthew 9:13: But go ye and learn what [that] meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice: for I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.
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