Contradictions and Paradoxes in Numbers 28:30

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Numbers 28:30 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Numbers 28:30. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Moses, God wanted the people to give a young goat as a special offering to say sorry for the things they did wrong. This was important because it helped them be friends with God again.

Numbers 28:30: [And] one kid of the goats, to make an atonement for you.

Contradiction with Isaiah 1:11

Isaiah 1:11 highlights God's disinterest in burnt offerings and sacrifices, which contradicts Numbers 28:30's instruction to offer sacrifices.

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 50:8-14

Psalm 50:8-14 points out that God does not find satisfaction in sacrifices, opposing the ceremonial laws in Numbers 28:30.

Psalm 50:8-14: I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices or thy burnt offerings, [to have been] continually before me.

Contradiction with Hosea 6:6

Hosea 6:6 emphasizes the importance of mercy over sacrifice, contradicting the command in Numbers 28:30.

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

Contradiction with Amos 5:21-22

Amos 5:21-22 expresses God's rejection of sacrifices and offerings, conflicting with the stipulation in Numbers 28:30.

Amos 5:21-22: I hate, I despise your feast days, and I will not smell in your solemn assemblies. [in...: or, your holy days]

Contradiction with Hebrews 10:8-9

Hebrews 10:8-9 discusses the idea that God takes no pleasure in burnt offerings, which opposes the instruction in Numbers 28:30.

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;
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