Contradictions and Paradoxes in Numbers 28:9

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Numbers 28:9 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Numbers 28:9. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Moses, God wanted people to offer two perfect young lambs, some flour mixed with oil, and a drink offering every Sabbath day to show love and worship to Him. This was a special way to say "thank you" to God regularly.

Numbers 28:9: And on the sabbath day two lambs of the first year without spot, and two tenth deals of flour [for] a meat offering, mingled with oil, and the drink offering thereof:

Contradiction with Exodus 20:8

Exodus 20:8 establishes the Sabbath as a day of rest, which may seem at odds with Numbers 28:9 that prescribes work for preparing sacrifices on the Sabbath.

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

Contradiction with Isaiah 1:11

Isaiah 1:11 suggests that God takes no pleasure in the burnt offerings and sacrifices, which contradicts Numbers 28:9 where sacrifices are commanded.

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 Amos 5:21-22

Amos 5:21-22 indicates God's rejection of Israel's feasts and burnt offerings, contrasting with Numbers 28:9's instructions to perform such offerings on the Sabbath.

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 Matthew 12:7

Matthew 12:7 emphasizes mercy over sacrifice, which can be viewed as conflicting with the directive in Numbers 28:9 for Sabbath sacrifices.

Matthew 12:7: But if ye had known what [this] meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice, ye would not have condemned the guiltless.
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