Contradictions and Paradoxes in Numbers 6:9

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Numbers 6:9 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Numbers 6:9. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Moses, if someone who has made a special promise to God accidentally touches a dead person, they need to clean themselves by cutting their hair after a week to show they are starting fresh. This helps them continue to be close to God.

Numbers 6:9: And if any man die very suddenly by him, and he hath defiled the head of his consecration; then he shall shave his head in the day of his cleansing, on the seventh day shall he shave it.

Contradiction with Mark 5:39

In Numbers 6:9, contact with a dead body requires a purification ritual, while Mark 5:39 refutes the need for such action by asserting the girl is not dead, but sleeping.

Mark 5:39: And when he was come in, he saith unto them, Why make ye this ado, and weep? the damsel is not dead, but sleepeth.

Contradiction with Matthew 8:22

Numbers 6:9 emphasizes ritual purity after death, whereas Matthew 8:22 suggests prioritizing following Jesus over burial customs.

Matthew 8:22: But Jesus said unto him, Follow me; and let the dead bury their dead.

Contradiction with Luke 24:5

Numbers 6:9 deals with impurity from death, whereas in Luke 24:5, the living presence of Jesus contrasts with the dead, challenging the necessitated ritual purity focus.

Luke 24:5: And as they were afraid, and bowed down [their] faces to the earth, they said unto them, Why seek ye the living among the dead? [the living: or, him that liveth]
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