Contradictions and Paradoxes in Numbers 29:13

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Numbers 29:13 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Numbers 29:13. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Moses, God asked the people to give Him special gifts by burning perfect animals as a way to show love and say thank you. This made a nice smell that pleased God.

Numbers 29:13: And ye shall offer a burnt offering, a sacrifice made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD; thirteen young bullocks, two rams, [and] fourteen lambs of the first year; they shall be without blemish:

Contradiction with Amos 5:21

This verse shows God's disdain for rituals and sacrifices, contradicting the emphasis on offering sacrifices in Numbers 29:13.

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

Contradiction with Micah 6:6-8

This passage highlights that God desires justice and mercy rather than sacrifices, opposing the detailed instructions for sacrifices in Numbers 29:13.

Micah 6:6-8: Wherewith shall I come before the LORD, [and] bow myself before the high God? shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves of a year old? [of a...: Heb. sons of a year?]

Contradiction with Psalm 51:16-17

These verses state that God does not delight in sacrifices, contrary to the sacrificial system outlined in Numbers 29:13.

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 emphasizes the desire for mercy, not sacrifice, which contradicts the focus on specific sacrifices in Numbers 29:13.

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

Contradiction with Isaiah 1:11

God questions the need for sacrifices and offerings, contrasting with the detailed sacrificial law in Numbers 29:13.

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]
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