Contradictions and Paradoxes in Numbers 7:43

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Numbers 7:43 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Numbers 7:43. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Christian understanding, the author of the book of Numbers, usually believed to be Moses, is describing a special gift given to God. This gift is important because it shows how people thanked God by offering something valuable, like finely mixed flour and oil in shiny silver dishes.

Numbers 7:43: His offering [was] one silver charger of the weight of an hundred and thirty [shekels], a silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering:

Contradiction with Exodus 30:15

This verse states that the rich shall not give more and the poor shall not give less than half a shekel, contrasting with Numbers 7:43 where a specified offering amount is given.

Exodus 30:15: The rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less than half a shekel, when [they] give an offering unto the LORD, to make an atonement for your souls. [give more: Heb. multiply] [give less: Heb. diminish]

Contradiction with Matthew 23:23

This verse criticizes the prioritization of minor commandments over justice, mercy, and faith, while Numbers 7:43 focuses on a specific material offering.

Matthew 23:23: Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier [matters] of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone. [anise: Gr. dill]

Contradiction with 1 Samuel 15:22

This verse emphasizes that obedience is better than sacrifice, which contrasts with the ceremonial focus in Numbers 7:43.

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.

Contradiction with Isaiah 1:11

This verse questions the value of numerous sacrifices, conflicting with the specific sacrificial offering in Numbers 7:43.

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 Micah 6:6-8

These verses suggest that God desires justice and mercy more than sacrifices, which contradicts the emphasis on offerings in Numbers 7:43.

Micah 6:6-8: Wherewith shall I come before the LORD, [and] bow myself before the high God? shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves of a year old? [of a...: Heb. sons of a year?]
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