Contradictions and Paradoxes in Numbers 4:8

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Numbers 4:8 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Numbers 4:8. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Moses, this verse tells us that special people had to cover certain holy things with a nice red cloth and animal skin to keep them safe when they moved them. It's like wrapping a very special present to protect it during a journey.

Numbers 4:8: And they shall spread upon them a cloth of scarlet, and cover the same with a covering of badgers' skins, and shall put in the staves thereof.

Contradiction with Mark 7:18-19

Jesus teaches that all foods are clean, indicating a shift from strict ritualistic practices emphasized in detailed Old Testament instructions.

Mark 7:18-19: Because it entereth not into his heart, but into the belly, and goeth out into the draught, purging all meats?

Contradiction with Hebrews 7:18-19

The passage describes the annulment of previous commandments due to their weakness and unprofitableness, conflicting with the necessity of the meticulous laws in Numbers.

Hebrews 7:18-19: For there is verily a disannulling of the commandment going before for the weakness and unprofitableness thereof.

Contradiction with Colossians 2:16-17

Paul argues against judging others based on religious festivals or ceremonial rituals, pointing to the idea that such detailed service requirements are shadows of things to come, and their importance diminished in Christ.

Colossians 2:16-17: Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath [days]: [in meat...: or, for eating and drinking] [respect: or, part]

Contradiction with Galatians 3:24-25

It states that the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, but after faith is come, we are no longer under a schoolmaster, suggesting a departure from the ceremonial laws outlined in Numbers.

Galatians 3:24-25: Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster [to bring us] unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith.
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