Contradictions and Paradoxes in Numbers 7:42

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Numbers 7:42 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Numbers 7:42. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of the Book of Numbers, this part tells about a leader named Eliasaph from the family of Gad. He brought special gifts to show love and thanks to God on the sixth day.

Numbers 7:42: On the sixth day Eliasaph the son of Deuel, prince of the children of Gad, [offered]:

Contradiction with Genesis 1:31

Contradicts by showing God's creation as complete and perfect, whereas offerings imply a need for reconciliation.

Genesis 1:31: And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, [it was] very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day. [And the evening...: Heb. And the evening was, and the morning was etc.]

Contradiction with Exodus 20:4

Contradicts the practice of making physical offerings by prohibiting the making of graven images or likeness of anything for worship.

Exodus 20:4: Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness [of any thing] that [is] in heaven above, or that [is] in the earth beneath, or that [is] in the water under the earth:

Contradiction with Psalm 51:16

Contradicts by suggesting God does not desire sacrifices, conflicting with the act of offering sacrifices in Numbers 7:42.

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 Isaiah 1:11

Contradicts the sacrificial system by questioning the value of multitude sacrifices, implying they are not desired by God.

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 Jeremiah 7:22

Contradicts by stating God didn’t command burnt offerings or sacrifices when bringing Israel out of Egypt.

Jeremiah 7:22: For I spake not unto your fathers, nor commanded them in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, concerning burnt offerings or sacrifices: [concerning: Heb. concerning the matter of]

Contradiction with Hosea 6:6

Contradicts by emphasizing mercy over sacrifice, suggesting a different priority than that shown in Numbers 7:42.

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

Contradiction with Matthew 9:13

Contradicts by Jesus' teaching that mercy is desired over sacrifice, challenging the necessity of offerings.

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.

Contradiction with Hebrews 10:8

Contradicts by explaining that God had no pleasure in offerings and sacrifices, which are numerous in Numbers 7:42.

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;
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