Contradictions and Paradoxes in Numbers 4:13

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Numbers 4:13 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Numbers 4:13. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Moses, the ashes on the special place where people make gifts to God need to be cleaned away, and a pretty purple cloth should be put on it. This helps keep the area tidy and shows respect to God.

Numbers 4:13: And they shall take away the ashes from the altar, and spread a purple cloth thereon:

Contradiction with Isaiah 1:11

Contradicts Numbers 4:13 by emphasizing that God has no pleasure in burnt offerings, which are part of the tabernacle service described in Numbers.

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

Contradicts Numbers 4:13 by expressing God's disdain for offerings and burnt sacrifices, suggesting they do not bring Him delight, opposing the sacrificial system it prescribes.

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 Psalm 51:16

Contradicts Numbers 4:13 by indicating that God does not delight in sacrifice or burnt offering, challenging the importance of these rituals.

Psalm 51:16: 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

Contradicts Numbers 4:13 by stating God desires mercy and not sacrifice, putting into question the emphasis on ritualistic cleanse described in Numbers.

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

Contradiction with Hebrews 10:8

Contradicts Numbers 4:13 by mentioning the lack of pleasure God finds in burnt offerings and sacrifices, part of the law, suggesting they are not needed anymore.

Hebrews 10:8: 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;

Contradiction with Matthew 9:13

Contradicts Numbers 4:13 by teaching the preference for mercy over sacrifice, rejecting the focus on sacrificial rituals.

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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