Contradiction with Amos 5:22
While Numbers 28:20 emphasizes offerings, Amos 5:22 indicates God's rejection of these offerings if they are not accompanied by justice and righteousness.
Amos 5:22: Though ye offer me burnt offerings and your meat offerings, I will not accept [them]: neither will I regard the peace offerings of your fat beasts. [peace...: or, thank offerings]
Contradiction with Isaiah 1:11
This verse contrasts with Numbers 28:20 by showing God's displeasure with mere ritual offerings without the proper heart and intention.
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 Psalm 51:16-17
Numbers 28:20 details required offerings, while Psalm 51 emphasizes that God desires a contrite heart above sacrifices.
Psalm 51:16-17: For thou desirest not sacrifice; else would I give [it]: thou delightest not in burnt offering. [else...: or, that I should]
Contradiction with Hosea 6:6
This verse highlights that God desires mercy, not sacrifice, and acknowledgment of God rather than burnt offerings, contrasting the ritualistic aspects of Numbers 28:20.
Hosea 6:6: For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.
Contradiction with Matthew 9:13
In contrast to Numbers 28:20’s emphasis on offerings, Matthew 9:13 records Jesus quoting Hosea, indicating the importance of mercy over sacrifice.
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.
Contradiction with Jeremiah 7:22-23
This passage suggests that the relationship with God is more important than offerings, contrasting the requirement for offerings in Numbers 28:20.
Jeremiah 7:22-23: 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 1 Samuel 15:22
Emphasizes that obedience to God's word is better than sacrifice, offering a different priority than what Numbers 28:20 implies concerning offerings.
1 Samuel 15:22: And Samuel said, Hath the LORD [as great] delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey [is] better than sacrifice, [and] to hearken than the fat of rams.
Contradiction with Hebrews 10:8-9
Points out that God does not take pleasure in offerings and sacrifices, presenting a view contrary to the practices outlined in Numbers 28:20.
Hebrews 10:8-9: Above when he said, Sacrifice and offering and burnt offerings and [offering] for sin thou wouldest not, neither hadst pleasure [therein]; which are offered by the law;