Contradictions and Paradoxes in Numbers 28:6

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Numbers 28:6 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Numbers 28:6. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Moses, God asked the people to make a special fire gift for Him all the time, which started long ago on a mountain called Sinai. This special gift was meant to make God happy.

Numbers 28:6: [It is] a continual burnt offering, which was ordained in mount Sinai for a sweet savour, a sacrifice made by fire unto the LORD.

Contradiction with Exodus 20:8-11

Whereas Numbers 28:6 describes the regular burnt offering, Exodus stresses rest on the Sabbath, implying no work or offerings should be conducted.

Exodus 20:8-11: Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.

Contradiction with Isaiah 1:11-14

Numbers 28:6 prescribes offerings, but Isaiah questions their value to God, suggesting offerings are not pleasing to Him.

Isaiah 1:11-14: 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

Numbers 28:6 involves sacrifices, but Hosea emphasizes the value of mercy over offerings, suggesting a different priority.

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

Contradiction with Matthew 9:13

While Numbers 28:6 mandates offerings, Matthew conveys Jesus' teaching that mercy is preferred to sacrifice, challenging the necessity of regular offerings.

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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