Contradictions and Paradoxes in Numbers 29:26

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Numbers 29:26 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Numbers 29:26. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Moses, God told the people to bring special animals as gifts on the fifth day to show their love and thanks. These animals had to be perfect and without any spots.

Numbers 29:26: And on the fifth day nine bullocks, two rams, [and] fourteen lambs of the first year without spot:

Contradiction with Leviticus 23:12

This verse mentions the offering of a lamb as part of the Feast of Weeks, which differs from the multiple bulls mentioned in Numbers 29:26.

Leviticus 23:12: And ye shall offer that day when ye wave the sheaf an he lamb without blemish of the first year for a burnt offering unto the LORD.

Contradiction with Isaiah 1:11

God expresses displeasure with burnt offerings, contradicting the detailed sacrifices listed in Numbers 29:26.

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 Hebrews 10:4

States that it is not possible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins, contrasting with the sacrificial system seen in Numbers 29:26.

Hebrews 10:4: For [it is] not possible that the blood of bulls and of goats should take away sins.

Contradiction with Psalm 40:6

Highlights that God does not desire sacrifice and offering, which contrasts with the prescriptive sacrifices in Numbers 29:26.

Psalm 40:6: Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire; mine ears hast thou opened: burnt offering and sin offering hast thou not required. [opened: Heb. digged]

Contradiction with 1 Samuel 15:22

Emphasizes that obedience is better than sacrifice, conflicting with the detailed sacrificial instructions in Numbers 29:26.

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.
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